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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.

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Last updated: January 3, 2018

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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/all/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/all/Salmonella_typhi. Accessed December 12, 2018.

Fabre, V. (2018). Salmonella typhi. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/all/Salmonella_typhi

Fabre V. Salmonella Typhi [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2018 December 12]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540692/all/Salmonella_typhi

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