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typhoid

 or typhoid fever

Acute infectious disease resembling typhus (and distinguished from it only in the 19th century). Salmonella typhi, usually ingested in food or water, multiplies in the intestinal wall and then enters the bloodstream, causing septicemia. Symptoms begin with headache, aching, and restlessness. High fever gradually develops, with delirium. A rash appears on the trunk. The sites where the bacilli multiplied become inflamed and may ulcerate, leading to intestinal bleeding or peritonitis. Patients become exhausted and emaciated; up to 25% die if not treated. Antibiotic treatment is effective. Patients can carry typhoid for weeks to months or years. Carriers can contaminate the food they handle. Prevention depends mainly on water and sewage treatment and excluding carriers from food-handling jobs.

typhoid Pathol
1. resembling typhus
2. short for typhoid fever
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1) While ulceroglandular and glandular tularemia remain the more common presentation, a number of outbreaks of typhoidal and pulmonary tularemia have been reported and reflect a diverse range of environmental exposures resulting in infection.
Ulceroglandular tularemia in a nonendemic area by Cassady, Kevin A. / Southern Medical Journal
7) The typhoidal form of tularemia involves severe systemic illness in the absence of signs that would indicate the site of inoculation or the anatomic localization of the infection.
Glandular tularemia in a Native American child by Adams, Brent / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Tularemia produces several specific syndromes, including ulceroglandular fever, typhoidal tularemia and pneumonic tularemia.
Correspondence by Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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