Typhoid fever
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Typhoid fever | |
Salmonella typhi bacteria | |
ICD-10 | A01.0 |
ICD-9 | 002 |
DiseasesDB | 27829 |
MeSH | D014435 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Synonyms and keywords: Enteric fever
Overview
Historical Perspective
Classification
Pathophysiology
Causes
- Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Salmonella Typhi)[1][2]
- Serovars
Other Salmonellae which may cause similar symptoms include
- Salmonella Paratyphi A
- Salmonella Paratyphi B
- Salmonella Paratyphi C
- Salmonella choleraesuis
- Features of Salmonella Typhi[7]
- Gram negative bacillus
- Flagellated
- Facultatively anaerobic
- Three antigens O,H and Vi
- Belongs to Enterobacteriaceae family
- Chemotroph
Differentiating Typhoid fever from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | CT
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Related Chapters
External links
- United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention Listing
- http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-Typhoid.aspx
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_typhoid.htm
- ↑ Arndt MB, Mosites EM, Tian M, Forouzanfar MH, Mokhdad AH, Meller M; et al. (2014). "Estimating the burden of paratyphoid a in Asia and Africa". PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 8 (6): e2925. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002925. PMC 4046978. PMID 24901439.
- ↑ Maskey AP, Day JN, Phung QT, Thwaites GE, Campbell JI, Zimmerman M; et al. (2006). "Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A and S. enterica serovar Typhi cause indistinguishable clinical syndromes in Kathmandu, Nepal". Clin Infect Dis. 42 (9): 1247–53. doi:10.1086/503033. PMID 16586383.
- ↑ Oboegbulam SI, Oguike JU, Gugnani HC (1995). "Microbiological studies on cases diagnosed as typhoid/enteric fever in south-east Nigeria". J Commun Dis. 27 (2): 97–100. PMID 7499779.
- ↑ Vollaard AM, Ali S, Widjaja S, Asten HA, Visser LG, Surjadi C; et al. (2005). "Identification of typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever cases at presentation in outpatient clinics in Jakarta, Indonesia". Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 99 (6): 440–50. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.09.012. PMID 15837356.
- ↑ Wain J, Hendriksen RS, Mikoleit ML, Keddy KH, Ochiai RL (2015). "Typhoid fever". Lancet. 385 (9973): 1136–45. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62708-7. PMID 25458731.
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/health-professional.html
- ↑ Fàbrega, Anna, and Jordi Vila. "Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium skills to succeed in the host: virulence and regulation." Clinical microbiology reviews 26.2 (2013): 308-341.