TYPHOID FEVER: A FACT FINDING CROSS SECTION SURVEY OF VARIOUS MAIN HOSPITALS OF HYDERABAD CITY, SINDH, PAKISTAN.

Typhoid fever occurs as a consequence of Salmonella typhi infection following use of contaminated water and food most commonly, affecting 21.5million persons world around with an incidence of 412/100,000 /year in Pakistan accounted as 4th common most reason of death. This survey was arranged to search about the frequency and percentage of this condition from August to Oct 2012. The data for this survey purpose was collected from the pathology labs (using typhi dot) of various main Hospitals of this historical city of Sindh , Pakistan. Typhoid +ve and –ve cases were separated and compared between various hospitals on SPSS using chi-square keeping 0.05 as level of significance.There were 285 patients investigated for typhoid fever in 4 Hospitals,131 (45%) were found positive for fever while 154 (54%) were declared negative. There was significant difference among various hospitals P-value0.000089 Typhoid fever was found prevalent in 45% of the investigated population in Hyderabad. Key Words: Typhoid fever, Typhi dot, hospital