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Definition

Definition The typhoid fever is a strictly human bacterial disease. It is caused by salmonellas.. If Salmonella typhi is present everywhere in the world, the disease is on the other hand with l'état endemic in the poorest countries, where l hygiene is precarious. The contamination is done by l alimentation: ingestion d'aliments (in particular of crudenesses) or d'eau infested by the salmonellas. The flies can also deposit the germs on food.

Symptômes

The patient feverish (40°c), is tired; he is prone to headaches. He also suffers from digestive disorders: abdominal pains, nauseas and diarrhoeas. Without treatment, the disease develops towards rare and cardiac disorders neurological serious.

Treatment

La fièvre typhoïde se traite par des antibiotiques (pénicillines, quinolones) dont le choix varie selon les régions du monde (eu égard aux résistances aux antibiotiques).

Prevention

The typhoid fever is treated by antibiotics (penicillins, quinolones) whose choice varies according to areas' of the world (have regard with resistances to antibiotics).

Endemy Zone

Vaccination is necessary at the time d'un stay in intertropical zone under conditions precarious d hygiene.