Research Article
Magnitude of Malaria-Typhoid Fever Coinfection in Febrile Patients at Arba Minch General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics by Coinfection of febrile patient (n = 416) at Arba Minch General hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2021.
| | Variables | Category | Coinfection | | No (%) | Yes (%) |
| | Duration of illness | 1–7 days | 138 (92.6) | 11 (7.4) | | 8–14 days | 162 (99.4) | 1 (0.6) | | 15–21 days | 103 (99.0) | 1 (1.0) |
| | Duration of fever | ≤ a week | 206 (95.8) | 9 (4.2) | | Within two weeks | 182 (98.4) | 3 (1.6) | | More than two weeks | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.2) |
| | Pattern fever | Continuous | 161 (94.7) | 9 (5.3) | | Intermittent | 242 (98.4) | 4 (1.6) |
| | Degree of fever | Mild (100.5–102.1°F) | 56 (98.2) | 1 (0.8) | | Moderate (102.2–104.0°F) | 203 (98.5) | 3 (1.5) | | High (104.1–106.0°F) | 105 (95.5) | 5 (4.5) | | Hyperpyrexia (>106.0°F) | 39 (90.7) | 4 (9.3) |
| | Fatigue | Yes | 317 (96.9) | 10 (3.1) | | No | 86 (96.6) | 3 (3.4) |
| | Headache | Yes | 277 (96.9) | 9 (3.1) | | No | 126 (96.9) | 4 (3.1) |
| | Chills | Yes | 130 (94.2) | 8 (5.8) | | No | 273 (98.2) | 5 (1.8) |
| | Vomiting | Yes | 167 (96.0) | 7 (4.0) | | No | 236 (97.5) | 6 (2.5) |
| | Diarrhea | Yes | 59 (96.7) | 2 (3.3) | | No | 344 (96.9) | 11(3.1) |
| | Convulsion | Yes | 39 (90.7) | 4 (9.3) | | No | 364 (97.6) | 9 (2.4) |
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