Enteric fever

Enteric fever is a medical term encompassing two types of salmonellosis, which, specifically, are typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever.[1] Enteric fever is a potentially life-threatening acute febrile systemic infection and is diagnosed by isolating a pathogen on culture.[1] Typhoid fever is caused by the salmonella enterica bacteria, serotype typhi, while paratyphoid fever is caused by the salmonella enterica bacteria, serotype paratyphi A, B, or C.[1] These salmonella enterica bacteria serovar that cause enteric fever only have human hosts, as opposed to other types of salmonellosis-causing salmonella bacteria which often have animal reservoirs.[2]