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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever: Introduction

A gastrointestinal condition mainly in the developing world. It is caused by a bacterial infection, usually as a form of food poisoning. Typhoid fever is unrelated to the similarly named typhus (a tick-borne infection). ...more »

Symptoms of Typhoid fever

• No symptoms - if only a mild exposure; some people become "carriers" of typhoid.
• Fever
• Headache
• Constipation
• Malaise
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 35 symptoms of Typhoid fever

Treatments for Typhoid fever

• Hospitalization
• Antibiotics
• Chloramphenicol
• Ampicillin
• Ceftriaxone
• more treatments...»

See full list of 12 treatments for Typhoid fever

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Typhoid fever?

• Misdiagnosis of Typhoid fever
• Failure to diagnose Typhoid fever
• Undiagnosed: Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever: Related Patient Stories

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Typhoid fever: Deaths

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Alternative Treatments for Typhoid fever

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Typhoid fever may include:

• Salmonella typhi nosode homeopathic prevention and treatment
• Baptisia homeopathic prevention and treatment
• Pyrogenium homeopathic remedy
• Rhus tox homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Types of Typhoid fever

• Paratyphoid fever
• Brion-Kayser disease
• Schottmuller's disease
• more types...»

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Diagnostic Tests for Typhoid fever

• Blood culture
• Stool culture
• Urine culture
• Blood antibody tests
• more tests...»

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Typhoid fever: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Typhoid fever:

• Intestinal hemorrhage
• Frank perforation
• Peritonitis
• Confusion
• Delirium
• Coma
• Death
• more complications...»

Causes of Typhoid fever

• Salmonella typhi
• more causes...»

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Disease Topics Related To Typhoid fever

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Typhoid fever:

• Enteric fever
• Eberth disease
• Salmonella typhi
• S typhi
• Salmonella choleraesuis
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Typhoid fever

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also...read more »

Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis, when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection, such as a common cold....read more »

Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears off after about 15 years. Thus, any teen or adult with a persistent...read more »

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Typhoid fever: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Poisoning / Toxicology Specialists:
  • Medical Toxicology (Poisoning Specialists)
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Typhoid fever

Medical research articles related to Typhoid fever include:

• Typhoid
• Use of corticosteroids in treating infectious diseases
• Notifiable disease
• Travel vaccines to patients registered at this practice:- which vaccines and what criteria apply for GP supply free of charge on the NHS
• Notification
• Vaccines for preventing typhoid fever
• more research...»

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Typhoid fever: Animations

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Prognosis for Typhoid fever

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Research about Typhoid fever

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Clinical Trials for Typhoid fever

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Typhoid fever include:

• Salmonella Typhi Vi O-Acetyl Pectin-rEPA Conjugate Vaccine - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vi O-acetyl pectin-rEPA vaccine
• Evaluation of the Safety, Immunogenicity and Compatibility With DTP of an Investigational Vi-rEPA(2) Conjugate Vaccine for Typhoid Fever When Administered to Infants in Vietnam Concurrently With DTP - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vi-rEPA(2) Conjugate Vaccine
• Long Term Protection by and Persistence of Vi Antibodies Induced by Vi-rEPA Conjugate Vaccines in Vietnamese Children Injected at 2-5 Years or at 5-8 Years of Age - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Evaluation of the Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine Against Typhoid Fever - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Combined Vi Vaccination and Health Education Program on the Burden of Typhoid in Childhood - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 10 Clinical Trials for Typhoid fever

Prevention of Typhoid fever

Prevention information for Typhoid fever has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Typhoid fever.

• Typhoid fever vaccine - gives temporary protection
• Avoid contamined water
• Good hygiene
• Boil drinking water
• Sterilize drinking water
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Typhoid fever

• Medical statistics for Typhoid fever
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Typhoid fever
• Death and Mortality statistics for Typhoid fever
• Society statistics for Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever: Broader Related Topics

• Parasitic Conditions
• Bacterial diseases
• Food poisoning
• Waterborne Diseases
• Diseases contagious from food
• more types...»

Types of Typhoid fever

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Article Excerpts about Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. (Source: excerpt from Typhoid Fever (General): DBMD)

Definitions of Typhoid fever:

An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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