Typhoid
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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
Pseudonyms or Related Conditions
Version
Version 1, Edition 1
Date of Last Update
15th June 2012
