Typhoid Fever
- Typhoid fever acute illness with fever
- It is bacterial infection
- Incubation Period 1-2 weeks
- Duration of illness 3-4 weeks
- Causative organism
- Salmonella Typhi
- Salmonella para Typhi
PATHOGENSIS
Contaminated
food & Drink. < Bacteria Come in opne Air
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Bacteria enter into body > come in blood >
Bacteria seen in stool & vomit
Symptoms
- Fever
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- Cough
- Rose spot
- Spleen & liver enlargement
- Poor appetite
- Body pain
- Abdominal pain
- Epistaxis
- Pea soup diarrhea
Complication
- Intestinal Haemorrhage
- Peritonitis
- Dehydration
Investigation
- Blood culture
- Stool examination
- Widal test
Prevention
- Typhoid vaccine -Ty21a
Treatment
- Ciprofloxacin 250mg , 500mg
- Ofloxacine 200mg
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