Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection of the intestinal tract and occasionally the bloodstream.It is an uncommon disease with only 30-50 cases appearing in New York each year.Most of the cases are acquired during foreign travel to under developed countries.The germ that causes typhoid is a unique human strain of salmonella called Salmonella typhi.Outbreaks are very Rare.Typhoid germs are passed in the feces and ,to sometimes urine of infected people.The germs are spread by drinking or Eating water or foods contaminated by feces from the infected individual.
Symptoms:may be mild or severe and may include fever,headache,constipation or diarrhea,rose-colored spots on the trunk and enlarged spleen and liver.Relapses are common. Fatalities are less than 1 percent with antibiotic treatment.
Treatment:Specific antibiotics such as chloramphenicol,ampicillin or ciproflaxacin are often used to treat cases of Typhoid.