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Salmonella Typhi which causes typhoid fever is different than the other Salmonella bacteria that usually cause salmonellosis, a common type of food poisoning. [10] Diagnosis is performed by culturing and identifying S. enterica typhi from patient samples or detecting an immune response to the pathogen from blood samples.
Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type. [1] It is the most common disease to be known as food poisoning (though the name refers to food-borne illness in general), these are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.
Typhoid fever causes 11 million infections and more than 100,000 deaths per year, and is most prevalent in south Asia – which accounts for 70% of the global disease burden.
Salmonella was first visualized in 1880 by Karl Eberth in the Peyer's patches and spleens of typhoid patients. [11] Four years later, Georg Theodor Gaffky was able to grow the pathogen in pure culture. [12] A year after that, medical research scientist Theobald Smith discovered what would be later known as Salmonella enterica (var. Choleraesuis).
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.
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, serovar typhi: 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 ...
The nomenclature of Salmonella enterica has long been a topic of debate in the microbiology community. [16] Originally in the 1880s, Salmonella species were named after the disease, host, or geological location they were associated with; however, this taxonomic characterization was contested due to genus members being categorized incompatibly with their genetic similarities.
Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps. Most people recover within a week, although the infection can be serious in young children, adults 65 and older or people with ...