infectious diseases
Typhoid Fever
Prognosis for Typhoid Fever
Without antibiotics, the case fatality rate is about 12%. With prompt therapy, the case fatality rate is 1%. Most deaths occur in malnourished people, infants, and older people. Stupor, coma, or shock reflects severe disease and a poor prognosis. Complications occur mainly in patients who are untreated or in whom treatment is delayed. 