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
  1. Salmonella Typhi
  2. Salmonella para Typhi


PATHOGENSIS


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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
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Prevention

  • Typhoid vaccine -Ty21a


Treatment

  • Ciprofloxacin 250mg , 500mg
  • Ofloxacine 200mg