paratyphoid /para·ty·phoid/ (-ti´foid) infection due to Salmonella of all groups except S. typhi.
paratyphoid [par″ah-ti´foid]
par·a·ty·phoid (p r  -t  foid)adj. Resembling typhoid. |
paratyphoid [par″ah-ti´foid]
1. resembling typhoid fever.
paratyphoid fever infection caused by Salmonella of all groups except S. typhosa. The disease is usually milder than typhoid fever and has a shorter incubation period, more abrupt onset, and a lower mortality rate. Clinically and pathologically, however, the two diseases cannot be distinguished.
paratyphoid
infection with any Salmonella sp. other than S. typhi in humans. See salmonellosis.
paratyphoid nodule
very small, yellow, necrotic foci in the liver in calves and pigs with salmonellosis.
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