A01.0
Note: Notifiable condition.
DESCRIPTION
A septicaemic illness with fever caused by the micro-organism Salmonella typhi.
The cause of the fever is difficult to diagnose except in an epidemic.
It may present with:
- acute abdomen. See: Abdominal pain.
- prolonged or high fever in a previously healthy individual
- fever with a slower pulse rate than expected
- headache and convulsions
- constipation during the first week
- diarrhoea may occur later in the illness and may be accompanied by frank bleeding
- diagnosis is confirmed only by stool culture or blood tests.
MEDICINE TREATMENT
Treat dehydration if present and refer.
REFERRAL
Urgent
All cases or suspected cases.