The diagnosis of enteric fever poses several problems due to the non-specific and wide array of clinical features. A five-year retrospective study enrolling 136 culture-proven cases of enteric fever was undertaken in order to estimate the clinical and laboratory characteristics, fever clearance time and outcome. The common symptoms and signs were: fever, vomiting, cough, anorexia, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and coated tongue. Enteric fever should be considered in the differential diagnosis of febrile patients with abdominal symptoms.
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