enteric f., follicular enteritis

A f. due to the presence of the Bacillus typhosus, which gains entrance into the organism through food and drink, usually through contamination of the water supply. The points of entrance are usually in the intestines. The chief symptoms are the rise of temperature, abdominal distention and tenderne , and enlarged spleen. Ulceration of the lymph follicles and Peyer's patches may lead to severe and even fatal hemorrhage or to perforation, typhomalarial f. A f. due either to infection by both the Bacillus, typhosus and the malarial parasite or to a malarial infection with typhoidal course of the fever, typhus f. Syn.: abdominal /., spotted f., cerebrospinal meningitis. A f. due to the Bacillus Typhi exanthem at us of Plots. A contagious, continued f., formerly epidemically prevalent in camps, hospitals, jails, and a crowded population. Though formerly confounded with typhoid f., there are no intestinal lesions nor symptoms. urethral f. F. due to instrumentation of the urethra. It is apparently of septic origin in most cases. walking typhoid f. See ambulatory typhoid f. yellow f. An acute, infectious f., of great severity, due to a protozoa in the blood which is transmitted by the bite of the mosquito, Stegomyia fasci at a. [Lat., febris, from fervere, to glow.]