Typhoid fever

Introduction: Typhoid fever

Description of Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever (medical condition): A gastrointestinal condition mainly in the developing world. It is caused by a bacterial infection, usually as a form of food poisoning. Typhoid fever is unrelated to the similarly named typhus (a tick-borne infection). ...more

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Typhoid fever: an acute infectious disease caused by Salmonella typhi and characterized by a continued fever rising in a steplike curve the first week, severe physical and mental depression, an eruption of rose-colored spots on the chest and abdomen, tympanites, early constipation, diarrhea, and sometimes intestinal hemorrhage or perforation of the bowel; average duration is 4 weeks, although aborted forms and relapses are not uncommon; the lesions are located chiefly in the lymph follicles of the intestines (Peyer patches), the mesenteric glands, and the spleen; antibody titer of the Widal test rises during the infection, and early positive results to blood and urine cultures become negative, usually results in immunity. SYN: abdominal typhoid, enteric fever (1), typhoid (2).
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Typhoid fever: serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water.
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Typhoid fever: An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA.
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Typhoid fever: An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA.
Source: MeSH 2007

Typhoid fever as a Disease

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Typhoid fever: Related Diseases

Typhoid fever: Typhoid fever is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Parasitic Conditions
• Bacterial diseases
• Food poisoning
• Waterborne Diseases
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious from contaminated water

Typhoid fever: Article Excerpts

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. (Source: excerpt from Typhoid Fever (General): DBMD)

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. (Source: excerpt from Typhoid Fever (General): DBMD)

More information on medical condition: Typhoid fever:

• Information about Typhoid fever
• Basic Summary for Typhoid fever
• Types of Typhoid fever
• Risk Factors for Typhoid fever
• Symptoms of Typhoid fever
• Complications of Typhoid fever
• Diagnostic Tests for Typhoid fever
• Misdiagnosis of Typhoid fever
• Treatments for Typhoid fever
• Prevention of Typhoid fever

Terms associated with Typhoid fever:

Terms Similar to Typhoid fever:

• Enteric fever

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• typhoid
• enteric fever

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• Enteric Fever
• Typhus, Abdominal

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Typhoid fever

• Salmonella Infections

Source - MeSH 2007

• infectious disease

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Hierarchical classifications of Typhoid fever

The following list attempts to classify Typhoid fever into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• infectious disease
• communicable disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Bacterial Infections
    • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
      • Enterobacteriaceae Infections
        • Salmonella Infections
          • Typhoid Fever

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
• INTESTINAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Typhoid fever

• eMedicine - Typhoid Fever : Article by Roberto Corales, DO
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• Typhoid Vaccine Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Typhoid Vaccine - RxList Monographs
• eMedicine - Salmonellosis : Article by Michael Zapor, MD, PhD
• Fluoroquinolones for treating typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever) (Cochrane Review)

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