Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Salmonellosis in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Table 1

List of diseases and treatment trend (with antibiotics and/or anthelmintics) in selected clinics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Name of the diseases	Category	As primary disease		As secondary disease		Total
		Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Acute febrile illness	Total	185	50.40	23	6.27	208	39.62
	Treated	129	69.73	19	82.61	148	71.15
Diarrhea/Dysentery	Total	53	14.44	19	5.18	72	13.71
	Treated	45	84.91	3	15.79	48	66.67
Typhoid fever	Total	4	1.09	43	11.72	47	8.95
	Treated	4	100	40	93.02	44	93.62
Unspecified infectious diseases	Total	39	10.63	6	1.63	45	8.57
	Treated	29	74.36	1	16.67	30	66.67
Dyspepsia	Total	17	4.63	12	3.26	29	5.52
	Treated	15	88.24	9	75.00	24	82.76
Intestinal parasitism	Total	5	1.36	22	5.99	27	5.14
	Treated	5	100	19	86.36	24	88.89
Urinary tract infection	Total	10	2.72	15	4.09	25	4.76
	Treated	10	100	14	93.33	24	96.00
Respiratory tract diseases	Total	12	3.27	10	2.72	22	4.19
	Treated	11	91.67	9	90.00	20	90.91
Others	Total	23	6.27	27	7.37	50	9.52
	Treated	18	78.26	25	92.59	43	86
No diagnosis recorded	Total	19	5.18	190	51.77	18	100
	Treated	2	10.53	32	16.84	1	5.56
Total	Patients Recorded	367	100	367	100	367	100
	Diagnosis recorded	348	94.82	177	48.23	525	100
	Treated	268	73.02	171	46.59	439	83.62