Salmonella typhi typhoid fever PHIL 2215 lores

Typhoid fever, also known as Salmonella typhi or commonly just typhoid, is a common worldwide illness, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person. The bacteria then perforate through the intestinal wall and are phagocytosed (Phagocytosis) by macrophages. It is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi The organism is a Gram-negative (Gram-negative bacteria) short bacillus that is motile due to its peritrichous flagella (Flagellum). The bacterium grows best at convert37�C�Fabbr=onlk=ondisp=s - human body temperature.

This fever received various names, such as gastric fever, abdominal typhus, infantile remittant fever, slow fever, nervous fever, pythogenic fever, etc. The name of " typhoid " was given by Louis in 1829, as a derivative from typhus.

The impact of this disease falls sharply with the application of modern sanitation techniques.