Typhoid fever

[Marquetta]

Typhoid fever is caused by certain types of the gram-negative bacteria Salmonella. It typically causes a high fever and abdominal pain.

Typhoid fever can be spread by consuming food or water contaminated with the stool or urine of an infected person.
People have flu-like symptoms, sometimes followed by delirium, cough, exhaustion, occasionally rash, and diarrhea.
Samples of blood, stool, other body fluids, or tissues are sent to a laboratory to grow (culture) the bacteria.
To prevent infection, people traveling to areas where typhoid fever is common should be vaccinated and, when there, should avoid certain foods and not drink unbottled water.
Infected people with or without symptoms are treated with antibiotics.

(See also Overview of Bacteria and Salmonella Infections.)
Typhoid fever is one type of infection caused by Salmonella bacteria. There are many types of Salmonella, but most typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella Typhi.
Typhoid fever is common in developing countries (especially in southern Asia) where sanitary conditions are poor. Most cases in the United States are acquired while traveling in countries where the infection is common.

[Michiko]

an infectious disease spread by dirty water and food, causing a high body temperature, red spots on the upper body, severe pains in the bowels, and sometimes death