where does salmonella typhi live in the body
Typhoid fever The cause is the bacterium Salmonella Typhi, also known as Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, growing in the intestines and blood.[2][6] Typhoid is spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person.[4] Risk factors include poor sanitation and poor hygiene.[3] Those who travel to the developing world are also at risk[6] and only humans can be infected.[4] Diagnosis is by either culturing the bacteria or detecting the bacterium's DNA in the blood, stool, or bone marrow.[2][3][5] Culturing the bacterium can be difficult.[10] Bone marrow testing is the most accurate.[5] Symptoms are similar to that of many other infectious diseases.[6] Typhus is a different disease.[11]