Typhoid fever
Alternative names:
enteric fever
Treatment:
Intravenous fluids and electrolytes are usually given. Appropriate antibiotics are given to fight the bacteria; often chloramphenicol or ampicillin.
Expectations (prognosis):
The illness usually resolves in 2 to 4 weeks with treatment. The outcome is likely to be good with early treatment, but becomes poor if complications develop. Cases in children are milder, and are more debilitating in the elderly. Relapse may occur if the treatment has not fully eradicated the infection.
Complications:
Calling your health care provider:
Call your health care provider if you have had any known exposure to typhoid fever or if you have been in an endemic area and symptoms of typhoid fever develop. Also call your health care provider if you have had typhoid fever and relapse occurs or if severe abdominal pain, decreased urine output, or other new symptoms develop.
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