Salmonella typhi

Precautions

Contact Precautions
Contact Precautions

General Information

Pathogen information

Aerobic gram negative rod

Epidemiology

  • Humans are the reservoir - fecal-oral transmission

  • Increased prevalence in developing countries

Associated syndromes

  • Fever in returning traveler

  • Enteric fever

  • Bacteremia

  • Intra-abdominal abscess

  • Meningitis

  • Endovascular infection (including endocarditis and infected atherosclerotic plaque/aneurysm - "sticky" organism)

Additional Information

Chronic carriage associated with gallbladder disease - think "Typhoid Mary"