heat, acid, common disinfectants
Etiology
Antigenicity:
O antigen: lipopolysaccharide group-special
H antigen: protein, strain-special Vi antigen: polysaccharide
Epidemiology
Source of infection
Patient, Carrier, shed bacteria in feces
Route of transmission Fecal-oral route:
contaminated food or water contagious spread spread by insect
no scar
Clinical manifestation
Incubation period: 7-23 day(average 10 to 14 days)
Typical typhoid fever: Initial period Fastigium Defervescence Convalescence
period
Regional lymphatics
Blood stream - first bacteremia
initial MPS in liver, spleen, bone marrow
Blood stream -second bacteremia
endotoxin liver spleen regional lymphotics
Relapse: It occur 1~3week after T has reached