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.

3 subordinate codes

• 1A07.0Typhoid peritonitis
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Bacterial intestinal infections

• 1A00Cholera
• 1A01Intestinal infection due to other Vibrio
• 1A02Intestinal infections due to Shigella
• 1A03Intestinal infections due to Escherichia coli
• 1A04Intestinal infections due to Clostridioides difficile
• 1A05Intestinal infections due to Yersinia enterocolitica
• 1A06Gastroenteritis due to Campylobacter
• 1A08Paratyphoid fever