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Salmonella typhi
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobic, Gram-negative rod, 2-4 x 0.4-0.6µm.
- Grows on standard media from stool source, but need fresh specimen.
- Enrichment broth (tetrathionate or selenite) may help growth when organisms present in low numbers.
- Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause typhoid and paratyphoid fever respectively. Typhod and paratyphoid fever are collectively known as enteric fever.
- See separate non-typhoidal Salmonella spp module for these agents that cause enterocolitis and are a major cause of food-borne infection.
- See separate non-typhoidal Salmonella spp module for these agents that cause enterocolitis and are a major cause of food-borne infection.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobic, Gram-negative rod, 2-4 x 0.4-0.6µm.
- Grows on standard media from stool source, but need fresh specimen.
- Enrichment broth (tetrathionate or selenite) may help growth when organisms present in low numbers.
- Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause typhoid and paratyphoid fever respectively. Typhod and paratyphoid fever are collectively known as enteric fever.
- See separate non-typhoidal Salmonella spp module for these agents that cause enterocolitis and are a major cause of food-borne infection.
- See separate non-typhoidal Salmonella spp module for these agents that cause enterocolitis and are a major cause of food-borne infection.
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Last updated: January 3, 2018
Citation
Fabre, Valeria. "Salmonella Typhi." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/0/Salmonella_typhi.
Fabre V. Salmonella typhi. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/0/Salmonella_typhi. Accessed January 31, 2023.
Fabre, V. (2018). Salmonella typhi. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/0/Salmonella_typhi
Fabre V. Salmonella Typhi [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2023 January 31]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/0/Salmonella_typhi.
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