typhoid fever

Histopathology of a lymph node in a case of Typhoid Fever.

Description: After initially being ingested in contaminated food such as shellfish, or water, the Salmonella typhi bacteria migrate through the intestinal mucosa of the terminal ileum into the submucosal lymph nodes.
Provider: CDC/Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Charles N. Farmer
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