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Typhoid Infection

 Syn. Enteric fever

Signs & Symptoms

 No adequate sewage system
Ref: Epocrates [ Typhoid infection]
Overcrowded living
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Dull frontal headache
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Weight loss
Note: Cause significant weight loss
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Physical Examination

 Apathetic-lethargic state
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Diffuse rash (negative symptom)
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Relative bradycardia
Ref: Uptodate [ Epidemiology, microbiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever] Epocrates [ Typhoid infection]

Lab / Serology

 Positive blood culture
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Bacteremia
Ref: Uptodate [ Epidemiology, microbiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever] Epocrates [ Typhoid infection]
Detection of non-structural protein 1 (negative symptom)
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Imagin Study

 Eschar (negative symptom)
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Complication

 Bacteremia
Ref: Uptodate [ Epidemiology, microbiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever] Epocrates [ Typhoid infection]
Ileal perforation
Note: due to Hypertrophy of the submucosal tissues, due to subsequent necrosis of the submucosal tissues
Ref: Uptodate [ Pathogenesis of enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever]
Osteomyelitis
Ref: Uptodate [ Pathogenesis of enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever]

Risk Factors

Cause

 Contaminated food
Ref: Epocrates [ Typhoid infection]
Contaminated water
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Untreated water
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