An outbreak of domestically acquired typhoid fever in Queens, NY.
In the summer of 2000, an outbreak of endemic typhoid fever involved 6 people in Queens, NY, and a seventh person in Manhattan, NY. An investigation by the New York City Department of Health traced the likely source to an immigrant employee working at a local restaurant. The clinical presentations of 4 cases seen at New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, a 500-bed hospital, mimicked viral hepatitis or gastroenteritis. We report the clinical features of these 4 cases and review endemic typhoid fever, a diagnosis not likely to be considered in the United States absent a history of recent international travel.
Yoon
James
J
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, 11355, USA.
Segal-Maurer
Sorana
S
Rahal
James J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*