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SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM

ACTS AS MAIN FACTOR FOR

TYPHOID FEVER

•Once one has been infected ,he or she can spread it to

others through fecal-oral route.

•If you eat food that has been handled by someone who

has typhoid fever and who hasn’t washed carefully after

using the toilet, you can become infected.

•The disease is spread through contaminated food and

water which are infected with fecal matter of the

thyphoid carrier.

•Even washing fruit and vegetables can spread it if

contaminated water is used.

P A T H O G E N E S I S
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS

1)INGESTION OF CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER

2)THE BACTERIA ENTERS SMALL INTESTINE

3)BACTERIA REPRODUCE AT STOMACH LINING AND

SPREAD TO OTHER TISSUES

4)BACTERIA ENTER BLOODSTREAM

5)THE BACTERIA WILL PROLIFERATE AND CAUSE

FOR REFERENCE:
ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION
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