| TAB | total autonomic blockage; typhoid, paratyphoid A, and paratyphoid B [vaccine] |
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| TABC | total aerobic bacteria count; typhoid, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, and paratyphoid C [vaccine] |
| TABT | typhoid, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, and tetanus toxoid [vaccine] |
| TABTD | typhoid, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, tetanus toxoid, and diphtheria toxoid [vaccine] |
| TPT | tetraphenyl tetrazolium; triphalangeal thumb; total protein tuberculin; typhoid-paratyphoid [vaccine... |
naso-oral
| provocation typhoid | An accelerated onset of typhoid fever, sometimes of unusual severity, resulting from typhoid-paratyphoid A and B (T.A.B.) vaccination late in the incubation period. Walking typhoid, typhoid fever without much prostration, the patient being up and around and sometimes working. Synonym: ambulatory typhoid, latent typhoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| equine typhoid | A highly contagious viral disease caused by equine arteritis virus, member of the family Togaviridae, and characterised by a high fever and respiratory and digestive tract signs; the essential lesions involve smaller arteries, with necrosis which may be followed by thrombosis, infarction, haemorrhages, and oedema; abortion is a common result. Synonym: epizootic cellulitis, equine typhoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid | <disease, microbiology> An infectious febrile illness usually spread by contamination of food, milk or water supplies with Salmonella typhi, either directly by sewage, indirectly by flies or by faulty personal hygiene. There are less than 600 cases per year in the US. Asymptomatic carriers harbor the organism in their gallbladder and excrete it in their stools for years. Average incubation time is 10-14 days. Fever, diarrhoeal stools (often bloody), abdominal pain, malaise and a rose coloured rash on the upper abdomen are seen. Severe cases may progress to delirium and obtundation. Complications include glomerulonephritis. Treatment includes intravenous fluids and antibiotics (chloramphenicol or ampicillin). Vaccines are recommended for travel to endemic areas. (27 Sep 1997) |
| typhoid bacillus | A serotype of salmonella enterica which is the aetiologic agent of typhoid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| typhoid bacteriophage | Bacteriophage specific for Salmonella typhi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid cholera | Old term for cholera with predominantly cerebral manifestations such as confusion or dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid fever | <disease, microbiology> An infectious febrile illness usually spread by contamination of food, milk or water supplies with Salmonella typhi, either directly by sewage, indirectly by flies or by faulty personal hygiene. There are less than 600 cases per year in the us. Asymptomatic carriers harbor the organism in their gallbladder and excrete it in their stools for years. Average incubation time is 10-14 days. Fever, diarrhoeal stools (often bloody), abdominal pain, malaise and a rose coloured rash on the upper abdomen are seen. Severe cases may progress to delirium and obtundation. Complications include glomerulonephritis. Treatment includes intravenous fluids and antibiotics (chloramphenicol or ampicillin). Vaccines are recommended for travel to endemic areas. (27 Sep 1997) |
| typhoid pleurisy | An obsolete term for acute or subacute pleurisy with typhoid symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid pneumonia | Pneumonia complicating typhoid fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid septicaemia | Typhoid during the phase when the organism can be cultured from the blood. Synonym: typhosepsis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent typhoid | walking typhoid |
| fowl typhoid | A septicaemic disease of chickens and turkeys, caused by Salmonella gallinarum; some human infections with this organism have been reported. (05 Mar 2000) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer, oral | Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A biopsy is the only to know whether as abnormal area in the oral cavity is cancer. Oral cancer is caused by tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol use. Surgery to remove the tumour in the mouth is the usual treatment for patients with oral cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| candidiasis, oral | Infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth by a fungus of the genus candida. (12 Dec 1998) |