Which of the following statement regarding typhoid in children is false?
Relative bradycardia is not always present in a child with typhoid fever. Typhoid is diagnosed using blood culture which is positive during the 1st week of illness, urine culture during 2nd or 3rd week or using widal test during 3rd week of illness. Ref: Textbook of Microbiology By Ananthanarayan, 8e page 296.
Splenomegaly may be seen
Neutropenia may be present
Urine and stool culture may show the organism after 2 weeks of illness
Relative bradycardia is invariably seen in children