Typhoid

Typhoid or typhoid fever is a reportable, fecal-oral, potentially fatal infectious disease, caused by the bacteria <i>Salmonella typhi</i> and characterized by a non-focal fever.

Splenomegaly

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.


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PMID (PMCID)
27051578
(4802816)
 OTHER
Fever in a traveler returning from the Amazon. Do not forget hepatitis A.
Cunha BA, Teper RS, Raza M.
IDCases. 2016;4:18-9.
Fever and chills suggest malaria, but may be present in dengue, chikungunya and influenza, and splenomegaly favors malaria or typhoid fever.
18663912
 MALE Adult
[A case of Salmonella paratyphi A infection in Poland].
Sobczyk-Krupiarz I, Garlicki A, Biesiada G, Czepiel J, Skwara P, Salamon D, Mach T.
Przegl Lek. 2008;65(2):107-8.
Typical for typhoid fever are splenomegaly, bradycardia, fever, constipation or mild diarrhoea oftten associated with abdominal tenderness.
16878106
 MALE Child
Hyper reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS).
Khan MK, Kamruzzaman M, Quddus MR.
Mymensingh Med J. 2006;15(2):204-7.
Other causes of massive splenomegaly namely chronic Kala azar, Typhoid, congenital hemolytic anemia, Leukaemia, Lymphoma etc were excluded by laboratory examination.
16624203
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Primary splenic lymphoma.
Aslam M, Salamat N, Mamoon N, Ahmed M.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2006;16(4):307-8.
A middle-aged lady presented with fever and splenomegaly and had been provisionally treated for malaria, typhoid and tuberculosis.