Medical Definition of Abdominal typhoid

1. An infectious febrile illness usually spread by contamination of food, milk or water supplies with Salmonella typhi, either directly by sewage, indirectly by flies or by faulty personal hygiene. There are less than 600 cases per year in the us. Asymptomatic carriers harbor the organism in their gallbladder and excrete it in their stools for years. Average incubation time is 10-14 days. Fever, diarrhoeal stools (often bloody), abdominal pain, malaise and a rose coloured rash on the upper abdomen are seen. Severe cases may progress to delirium and obtundation. Complications include glomerulonephritis. Treatment includes intravenous fluids and antibiotics (chloramphenicol or ampicillin). Vaccines are recommended for travel to endemic areas. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abdominal Typhoid

abdominal pregnancy
abdominal pressure
abdominal pulse
abdominal reflexes
abdominal region
abdominal respiration
abdominal rib
abdominal ribs
abdominal rings
abdominal sac
abdominal salpingectomy
abdominal salpingo-oophorectomy
abdominal typhoid (current term)
abdominal wall
abdominal wall fat pad biopsy
abdominal walls
abdominales
abdominalia
abdominally
abdominals
abdomino-
abdominocardiac
abdominocardiac reflex
abdominocentesis
abdominocyesis
abdominocystic

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