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Typhoid fever

MedGen UID:
11973
Concept ID:
C0041466
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Enteric fever; Typhoid
SNOMED CT: Infection by Salmonella Typhi (4834000); Typhoid fever (4834000)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005619
Orphanet: ORPHA99745

Definition

Typhoid or typhoid fever is a reportable, fecal-oral, potentially fatal infectious disease, caused by the bacteria <i>Salmonella typhi</i> and characterized by a non-focal fever. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTyphoid fever

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Kuehn R, Stoesser N, Eyre D, Darton TC, Basnyat B, Parry CM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 24;11(11):CD010452. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010452.pub2. PMID: 36420914Free PMC Article
Crump JA, Sjölund-Karlsson M, Gordon MA, Parry CM
Clin Microbiol Rev 2015 Oct;28(4):901-37. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00002-15. PMID: 26180063Free PMC Article
Mandal BK
J Infect 1991 Jan;22(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(91)90758-k. PMID: 2002221

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Qamar FN, Hussain W, Qureshi S
Pediatr Clin North Am 2022 Feb;69(1):65-77. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.09.007. PMID: 34794677
Manesh A, Meltzer E, Jin C, Britto C, Deodhar D, Radha S, Schwartz E, Rupali P
J Travel Med 2021 Apr 14;28(3) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab012. PMID: 33550411
Masuet-Aumatell C, Atouguia J
Travel Med Infect Dis 2021 Mar-Apr;40:101946. Epub 2020 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101946. PMID: 33301931
Crump JA
Clin Infect Dis 2019 Feb 15;68(Suppl 1):S4-S9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy846. PMID: 30767000Free PMC Article
Kumar P, Kumar R
Indian J Pediatr 2017 Mar;84(3):227-230. Epub 2016 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2246-4. PMID: 27796818

Diagnosis

Khanam F, Ross AG, McMillan NAJ, Qadri F
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Jun;119:41-43. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.036. PMID: 35338009
Masuet-Aumatell C, Atouguia J
Travel Med Infect Dis 2021 Mar-Apr;40:101946. Epub 2020 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101946. PMID: 33301931
Kumar P, Kumar R
Indian J Pediatr 2017 Mar;84(3):227-230. Epub 2016 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2246-4. PMID: 27796818
Mahmud AK, Chowdhury AJ, Sarker ZM, Miah RA, Saleh AA, Mandal RM, Dhakal GP
Mymensingh Med J 2008 Jul;17(2):236-44. PMID: 18626466
Br Med J 1979 Jan 27;1(6158):213-4. PMID: 421036Free PMC Article

Therapy

Carey ME, McCann NS, Gibani MM
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 1;35(5):424-430. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000879. PMID: 35984009
Khanam F, Ross AG, McMillan NAJ, Qadri F
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Jun;119:41-43. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.036. PMID: 35338009
Milligan R, Paul M, Richardson M, Neuberger A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 May 31;5(5):CD001261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001261.pub4. PMID: 29851031Free PMC Article
Mahmud AK, Chowdhury AJ, Sarker ZM, Miah RA, Saleh AA, Mandal RM, Dhakal GP
Mymensingh Med J 2008 Jul;17(2):236-44. PMID: 18626466
Mandal BK
J Infect 1991 Jan;22(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(91)90758-k. PMID: 2002221

Prognosis

John J, Bavdekar A, Rongsen-Chandola T, Dutta S, Gupta M, Kanungo S, Sinha B, Srinivasan M, Shrivastava A, Bansal A, Singh A, Koshy RM, Jinka DR, Thomas MS, Alexander AP, Thankaraj S, Ebenezer SE, Karthikeyan AS, Kumar D, Njarekkattuvalappil SK, Raju R, Sahai N, Veeraraghavan B, Murhekar MV, Mohan VR, Natarajan SK, Ramanujam K, Samuel P, Lo NC, Andrews J, Grassly NC, Kang G; NSSEFI Study Team
N Engl J Med 2023 Apr 20;388(16):1491-1500. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2209449. PMID: 37075141Free PMC Article
Khanam F, Ross AG, McMillan NAJ, Qadri F
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Jun;119:41-43. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.036. PMID: 35338009
GBD 2017 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Collaborators
Lancet Infect Dis 2019 Apr;19(4):369-381. Epub 2019 Feb 18 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30685-6. PMID: 30792131Free PMC Article
Crump JA
Clin Infect Dis 2019 Feb 15;68(Suppl 1):S4-S9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy846. PMID: 30767000Free PMC Article
Osman AA, Govender S
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1995 Apr;(313):214-9. PMID: 7641483

Clinical prediction guides

Carey ME, McCann NS, Gibani MM
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 1;35(5):424-430. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000879. PMID: 35984009
Paquet D, Jung L, Trawinski H, Wendt S, Lübbert C
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022 Jun 7;119(22):400-407. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0182. PMID: 35469592Free PMC Article
Masuet-Aumatell C, Atouguia J
Travel Med Infect Dis 2021 Mar-Apr;40:101946. Epub 2020 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101946. PMID: 33301931
Johnson R, Mylona E, Frankel G
Cell Microbiol 2018 Sep;20(9):e12939. Epub 2018 Aug 9 doi: 10.1111/cmi.12939. PMID: 30030897
Khosla SN
Postgrad Med J 1990 Nov;66(781):923-5. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.66.781.923. PMID: 2267203Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Kuehn R, Stoesser N, Eyre D, Darton TC, Basnyat B, Parry CM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 24;11(11):CD010452. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010452.pub2. PMID: 36420914Free PMC Article
Marchello CS, Hong CY, Crump JA
Clin Infect Dis 2019 Mar 7;68(Suppl 2):S105-S116. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy1094. PMID: 30845336Free PMC Article
GBD 2017 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Collaborators
Lancet Infect Dis 2019 Apr;19(4):369-381. Epub 2019 Feb 18 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30685-6. PMID: 30792131Free PMC Article
Milligan R, Paul M, Richardson M, Neuberger A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 May 31;5(5):CD001261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001261.pub4. PMID: 29851031Free PMC Article
John J, Van Aart CJ, Grassly NC
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 Apr;10(4):e0004616. Epub 2016 Apr 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004616. PMID: 27082958Free PMC Article

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