Whether it is living in India or visiting foreign countries, Typhoid fever is a disease which almost every health professional is aware of. It is essential to pay attention to this long lasting fever condition and recent practices associated with it. This article focuses on the current practices in the management of Typhoid fever. At least 13-17 million cases of typhoid fever have been reported, resulting in 6,00,000 deaths in the world. In Asia alone, the disease has become fatal affecting 80% of the population.
On the other hand, in western nations, the disease has almost disappeared. Resistance to many antibiotics has been observed in more than 5% bacterial strains in South East Asian countries. The occurrence of a gram - negative bacterium - Salmonella typhi, the one which can be found only in humans is the main cause of typhoid fever which is also termed as Cloudy fever. Symptoms…
