Introduction: Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever:
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).
Typhoid fever: Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi.1
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Typhoid Fever (General): DBMD
Last revision: June 23, 2003
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