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Paratyphoid fever, also known simply as paratyphoid, is a bacterial infection caused by one of three types of Salmonella enterica. [1] Symptoms usually begin 6–30 days after exposure and are the same as those of typhoid fever .
Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. [2] [3] Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. [4] [5] Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. [4]
002 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. 002.0 Typhoid fever; 002.1 Paratyphoid fever A; 002.2 Paratyphoid fever B; 002.3 Paratyphoid fever C; 002.9 Paratyphoid fever unspecified; 003 Other Salmonella infections 003.0 Salmonella gastroenteritis; 004 Shigellosis. 004.9 Shigellosis, unspec. 005 Other poisoning (bacterial) 005.0 Staphylococcal food ...
Enteric fever is a medical term encompassing two types of salmonellosis, which, specifically, are typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. [1] Enteric fever is a potentially life-threatening acute febrile systemic infection and is diagnosed by isolating a pathogen on culture.
Typhoid fever: Yes: Rickettsia: Typhus fever: No Ureaplasma urealyticum: Ureaplasma urealyticum infection No Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. [41] Valley fever: No Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: Venezuelan equine encephalitis: No Guanarito virus: Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: No Vibrio vulnificus: Vibrio vulnificus ...
Viral haemorrhagic fever, including Lassa fever, Marburg virus, and Ebola virus: Viral hemorrhagic fever: Viral hemorrhagic fever, including Arenavirus (new world), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Dengue hemorraghic fever, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Marburg virus: Flavivirus infection (unspecified), including Zika virus: Zika virus infection
Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella serotypes which are strictly adapted to humans or higher primates—these include Salmonella Typhi, Paratyphi A, Paratyphi B, and Paratyphi C. In the systemic form of the disease, salmonellae pass through the lymphatic system of the intestine into the blood of the patients (typhoid form) and are carried to ...
Outbreaks of typhoid fever are also frequently reported from sub-Saharan Africa and countries in Southeast Asia. [5] [6] [7] In the United States, about 400 cases occur each year, and 75% of these are acquired while traveling internationally. [8] [9] Historically, before the antibiotic era, the case fatality rate of typhoid