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Aerobic gram negative rod
Humans are the reservoir - fecal-oral transmission
Increased prevalence in developing countries
Fever in returning traveler
Enteric fever
Bacteremia
Intra-abdominal abscess
Meningitis
Endovascular infection (including endocarditis and infected atherosclerotic plaque/aneurysm - "sticky" organism)
Chronic carriage associated with gallbladder disease - think "Typhoid Mary"