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Two Zimbabweans in typhoid scare in SA
26 Jan 2016 at 12:52hrs | Views
TWO Zimbabwean women aged 38 and 27 have been diagnosed with typhoid in Johannesburg bringing to seven confirmed cases.
The health department said the new cases - a 38-year-old and a 27-year-old woman‚ both from Zimbabwe - were confirmed on Monday afternoon at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in the Tshwane district.
Resport say the 38-year-old "presented in the hospital last Thursday with four days' history of fever".
"She was said to be quite confused on arrival in the hospital"‚ and it was initially suspected that she could be suffering from either cerebrospinal meningitis and/or cerebral malaria".
When the malaria tests came back negative‚ further blood tests were carried out on Saturday and typhoid fever was confirmed on Monday.
The 27-year-old "presented to the Dr George Mukhari Hospital on Wednesday…two days after her illness started".
There was no fever‚ headache‚ vomiting nor diarrhoea‚ but blood tests carried out on the same day of her admission were "confirmed to be typhoid positive on Monday".
Both are currently on antibiotics.
The health department said the new cases - a 38-year-old and a 27-year-old woman‚ both from Zimbabwe - were confirmed on Monday afternoon at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in the Tshwane district.
Resport say the 38-year-old "presented in the hospital last Thursday with four days' history of fever".
"She was said to be quite confused on arrival in the hospital"‚ and it was initially suspected that she could be suffering from either cerebrospinal meningitis and/or cerebral malaria".
The 27-year-old "presented to the Dr George Mukhari Hospital on Wednesday…two days after her illness started".
There was no fever‚ headache‚ vomiting nor diarrhoea‚ but blood tests carried out on the same day of her admission were "confirmed to be typhoid positive on Monday".
Both are currently on antibiotics.
Source - Online
