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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Enteric Fevers

Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Sep 10, 2020


What causes Enteric / Typhoid / Paratyphoid Fevers

Enteric fever is caused by bacteria called Salmonella typhi, or Salmonella paratyphi A or Salmonella paratyphi B.


Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi A, and Salmonella paratyphi B invades tissue and cause septicemia with high temperature known as enteric fever.

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