[Typhoid fever and Salmonella gastroenteritis in children (author's transl)].

A study on 25 hospitalized children with salmonellosis in the two forms of typhoid fever and gastroenteritis is reported. It confirms the higher incidence of gastroenteritic forms under the age of 3 years, and of typhoid fever in older children. We verify the limited value of the white cell count and the enlargement of the spleen. An appraisal of the serologic tests is made. The direct relationship between group D salmonella and typhoid fever form is pointed out. Finally we analyze the action of ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, due to the current appearance of resistances to antibiotics.