typhoid fever
bacterial infectious disorder contracted by consumption of food or drink contaminated with Salmonella typhi. This disorder is common in developing countries and can be treated with antibiotics.
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Summary
typhoid fever is an infectious disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of infectious disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,079 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: primary bacterial infectious disease[4], anthroponotic disease[5], disease[6], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[7]
- Commons category: Typhoid fever[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: D70[9]
- Symptoms and signs: continuous fever[10], fatigue[11], headache[12], constipation[13], rash[14], bradycardia[15], pallor[16], gastrointestinal bleeding[17], intestinal perforation[18], insomnia[19], abdominal distention[20], confusion of consciousness[21], delusion[22], hepatomegaly[23]
- Has cause: Salmonella enterica[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Typhoid fever[25]
- Medical examination: physical examination[26], complete blood count[27], Widal test[28], ELISA[29], microbiological culture[30], polymerase chain reaction[31]
- Possible treatment: antibiotic[32], detoxification[33], diet[34], blood transfusion[35], surgical operation[36]
- Commons gallery: Typhoid fever[37]
- Number of deaths: 161,000[38]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
- Number of cases: 20,000,000[42]
- Has natural reservoir: human[43]
- ICD-9-CM: 002.0[44]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C35089[45]
- Different from: typhus[46]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[47]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: ciprofloxacin[48]
Why It Matters
typhoid fever has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]