Typhoid fever Etymology | Definition | Characteristics | Typhoid History or Origin

Typhoid: 

Etymology:

(Gr. typhodes means 'like smoke', delirious)
1) Resembling typhus
2) Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever:
An acute, generalized, systemic febrile illness caused by Salmonella enterica subspecie enterica serovar Typhi (S. typhi);
it is usually spread by injestion of contaminated food or water

Characteristics of typhoid fever: 

1) Sustained bacteraemia with invasion and multiplication inside the mononuclear phagocytes of the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and ileal peyer patches
2) Prolonged hectic fever with malaise and later delirium
3) A characteristic transient skin rash known as rose spots
4) Abdominal pain
5) Spleenomegaly
6) Leucopenia
7) Relative bradycardia
8)Intestinal hemorrhages and perforation maybe the late complications.
Called also typhoid
9) White tongue
10) Capillary bed refill time greater than 3 seconds
11) Blood in stool