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Paratyphoid A fever

MedGen UID:
83361
•Concept ID:
C0343375
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Paratyphoid A; Paratyphoid Fever A
SNOMED CT: Paratyphoid A (76623002); Paratyphoid A fever (76623002)

Definition

Paratyphoid fever that is caused by infection with Salmonella enterica, serovar Paratyphi A. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVParatyphoid A fever

Professional guidelines

PubMed

AMPICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PARATYPHOID FEVER--A COMPARATIVE TRIAL.
GEDDES AM, MURDOCH JM
Postgrad Med J 1964 Dec;40(Suppl):SUPPL:81-3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.40.suppl.81. PMID: 14246856Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Enteric fever and other extraintestinal salmonellosis in University Hospital, Nottingham, UK, between 1980 and 1997.
Ispahani P, Slack RC
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000 Sep;19(9):679-87. doi: 10.1007/s100960000341. PMID: 11057501
A nationwide outbreak of coconut-associated paratyphoid A fever in Singapore.
Teoh YL, Goh KT, Neo KS, Yeo M
Ann Acad Med Singap 1997 Sep;26(5):544-8. PMID: 9494656
Typhoid: clinical picture and response to chloramphenicol. Prospective study in Bombay (1972).
Kamat SA, Herzog C
Infection 1977;5(2):85-91. doi: 10.1007/BF01642086. PMID: 407164

Diagnosis

Combined rapid (TUBEX) test for typhoid-paratyphoid A fever based on strong anti-O12 response: design and critical assessment of sensitivity.
Yan M, Tam FC, Kan B, Lim PL
PLoS One 2011;6(9):e24743. Epub 2011 Sep 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024743. PMID: 21935450Free PMC Article
A patient with paratyphoid A fever: an emerging problem in Asia and not always a benign disease.
Pandit A, Arjyal A, Paudyal B, Campbell JC, Day JN, Farrar JJ, Basnyat B
J Travel Med 2008 Sep-Oct;15(5):364-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00238.x. PMID: 19006513
New rapid test for paratyphoid a fever: usefulness, cross-detection, and solution.
Tam FC, Wang M, Dong B, Leung DT, Ma CH, Lim PL
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2008 Oct;62(2):142-50. Epub 2008 Aug 20 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.002. PMID: 18715736
Comparative study between paratyphoid A and typhoid fever cases.
Abdel Wahab MF, Haseeb AN, Hamdy HS, Awadalla YA
J Egypt Public Health Assoc 1996;71(5-6):539-51. PMID: 17214195
Paratyphoid A fever.
Wahab MF, Robertson RP, Raasch FO
Ann Intern Med 1969 May;70(5):913-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-70-5-913. PMID: 4976892

Therapy

Cell mediated immune responses elicited in volunteers following immunization with candidate live oral Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A attenuated vaccine strain CVD 1902.
Wahid R, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Sztein MB
Clin Immunol 2019 Apr;201:61-69. Epub 2019 Mar 5 doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2019.03.003. PMID: 30849494Free PMC Article
Cross-reactive gut-directed immune response against Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A and B in typhoid fever and after oral Ty21a typhoid vaccination.
Pakkanen SH, Kantele JM, Kantele A
Vaccine 2012 Sep 14;30(42):6047-53. Epub 2012 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.051. PMID: 22858557
Comparative study between paratyphoid A and typhoid fever cases.
Abdel Wahab MF, Haseeb AN, Hamdy HS, Awadalla YA
J Egypt Public Health Assoc 1996;71(5-6):539-51. PMID: 17214195
Typhoid: clinical picture and response to chloramphenicol. Prospective study in Bombay (1972).
Kamat SA, Herzog C
Infection 1977;5(2):85-91. doi: 10.1007/BF01642086. PMID: 407164
Paratyphoid A fever.
Wahab MF, Robertson RP, Raasch FO
Ann Intern Med 1969 May;70(5):913-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-70-5-913. PMID: 4976892

Prognosis

Unusual increase in reported cases of paratyphoid A fever among travellers returning from Cambodia, January to September 2013.
Tourdjman M, Le Hello S, Gossner C, Delmas G, Tubiana S, Fabre L, Kerléguer A, Tarantola A, Fruth A, Friesema I, Thorstensen Brandal L, Lawrence J, Fisher I, Dufour M, Weill FX, de Valk H
Euro Surveill 2013 Sep 26;18(39) doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.39.20594. PMID: 24094059
A patient with paratyphoid A fever: an emerging problem in Asia and not always a benign disease.
Pandit A, Arjyal A, Paudyal B, Campbell JC, Day JN, Farrar JJ, Basnyat B
J Travel Med 2008 Sep-Oct;15(5):364-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00238.x. PMID: 19006513
Comparative study between paratyphoid A and typhoid fever cases.
Abdel Wahab MF, Haseeb AN, Hamdy HS, Awadalla YA
J Egypt Public Health Assoc 1996;71(5-6):539-51. PMID: 17214195
Typhoid: clinical picture and response to chloramphenicol. Prospective study in Bombay (1972).
Kamat SA, Herzog C
Infection 1977;5(2):85-91. doi: 10.1007/BF01642086. PMID: 407164

Clinical prediction guides

Unusual increase in reported cases of paratyphoid A fever among travellers returning from Cambodia, January to September 2013.
Tourdjman M, Le Hello S, Gossner C, Delmas G, Tubiana S, Fabre L, Kerléguer A, Tarantola A, Fruth A, Friesema I, Thorstensen Brandal L, Lawrence J, Fisher I, Dufour M, Weill FX, de Valk H
Euro Surveill 2013 Sep 26;18(39) doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.39.20594. PMID: 24094059

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