Typhoid

Acceptability at Recruitment

Qualified

Acceptability at CT / Work-Up

Qualified

Individual at Risk

Recipient

Explanation of Condition

Bacterial Infection causing rash, fever and diarrhoea.

See also [1]

Guidance

If more than seven days from completion of antibiotic course and last symptoms, accept.

Justification: Typhoid and paratyphoid are gastrointestinal infections which rarely have a chronic carrier state. It is usually caught while travelling. It is passed by the faecal-oral route and is not transfusion transmitted. https://www.transfusionguidelines.org/dsg/bm/guidelines/in004-infection-chronic

Version

Version 1, Edition 1

Date of Last Update

15th June 2012