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Public health issues warning to watch for typhoid fever in patients
n average, four cases of internationally-acquired typhoid fever are reported per year in Ottawa. Acquiring the illness locally is “unexpected.”
Elizabeth Payne
Publishing date:
May 06, 2022 • 2 hours ago
Ottawa Public Health is warning health professionals to be on the lookout for typhoid fever in patients after receiving reports of cases that appear to have been acquired locally.
Typhoid fever is a serious bacterial infection caused by a type of salmonella bacteria. It is not common in Canada and is usually linked with travel to countries that do not have adequate sewage and water treatment. That is what makes the memo OPH sent to physicians, nurses and others this week so unusual.
Ottawa Public Health says there have been five cases of typhoid fever reported in Ottawa between October 2018 and February 2022 that appear to have been acquired locally, something that is extremely rare in Canada...
Public health issues warning to watch for typhoid fever in patients
n average, four cases of internationally-acquired typhoid fever are reported per year in Ottawa. Acquiring the illness locally is “unexpected.”
Elizabeth Payne
Publishing date:
May 06, 2022 • 2 hours ago
Ottawa Public Health is warning health professionals to be on the lookout for typhoid fever in patients after receiving reports of cases that appear to have been acquired locally.
Typhoid fever is a serious bacterial infection caused by a type of salmonella bacteria. It is not common in Canada and is usually linked with travel to countries that do not have adequate sewage and water treatment. That is what makes the memo OPH sent to physicians, nurses and others this week so unusual.
Ottawa Public Health says there have been five cases of typhoid fever reported in Ottawa between October 2018 and February 2022 that appear to have been acquired locally, something that is extremely rare in Canada...
