| 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) |
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| typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine | A suspension of killed typhoid and paratyphoid A and B bacilli. See: typhoid vaccine. Synonym: TAB vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| typhoid vaccine | A suspension of Salmonella typhi inactivated either by heat or by chemical (acetone) with an added preservative; in the U.S., the combined typhoid and paratyphoid A and B vaccine's have been largely replaced by the monovalent typhoid vaccine because of the lack of evidence of effectiveness of paratyphoid A and paratyphoid B ingredients. (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) |