Typhoid fever

Definition

Acute systemic febrile infection caused by Salmonella typhi, with insidious onset of sustained fever, marked headache, malaise, anorexia, relative bradycardia, splenomegaly, non productive cough in the early stage of the illness, rose spots on the trunk in 25% of white skinned patients and constipation more often than diarrhoea in adults.

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