Kairin as an Antipyretic in Typhoid Fever, with Cases

Typhoid fever cases in the U.S. military

BACKGROUND Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), a causative agent of enteric fever (typhoid fever), predominately affects populations in developing regions with poor access to clean food and water. In addition, travelers to these regions are at risk of exposure. METHODS We report the epidemiological characteristics of S. Typhi cases among active duty United States military personnel...

HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME IN TYPHOID FEVER AND BRUCELLOSIS

Hemophagocytic syndrome is a non-malignant process that is characterized clinically by fever, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, pancytopenia in peripheral blood, and reactive histiocytes in the bone marrow. Bacterial infectious diseases like typhoid fever and brucellosis and viral infections including CMV, herpes viruses, and Epstein-Barr virus are diagnosed as the cause of this syndrome. In thi...

Creasote as an Antipyretic

Gurkha Rifles, age 24, was admitted into hospital on 21st October, with lobar pneumonia of the right lung. On the first two days the evening temperature was 103?, but at 4-30 p.m. on the third day it had risen to 104? (pulse 108, respiration 36). Creasote was applied to the abdomen at 5 P.M., and at 6-30 p.m. the temperature had fallen to 100? (pulse 80, respiration 18). Next morning, at 7 a.m....

Typhoid fever as cellular microbiological model.

The knowledge about typhoid fever pathogenesis is growing in the last years, mainly about the cellular and molecular phenomena that are responsible by clinical manifestations of this disease. In this article are discussed several recent discoveries, as follows: a) Bacterial type III protein secretion system; b) The five virulence genes of Salmonella spp. that encoding Sips (Salmonella invasion ...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers