Identificación microbiológica de la especie salmonella en pacientes con diagnóstico presuntivo de fiebre tifoidea.

Abstract

Within health care, the main cause of these medical visits is due to gastrointestinal diseases, which has led clinical laboratory personnel to determine the microbiological characteristics of the salmonella genus in order to identify the species that causes typhoid fever. It has been shown that salmonella originate in farmed animals for human consumption. In Ecuador, being a country full of livestock and poultry areas, it has a greater probability of contaminating people with S. typhi that causes typhoid fever. For this clinical reason, it has been seen how important it is to know the microbiological characteristics of this type of microorganism that affects our society. For this, the present bibliographical research work is based on the compilation of scientific articles in order to understand typhoid fever and the scope of its microbiological identification to help the patient with a timely and effective clinical diagnosis. It is concluded that typhoid fever infection is caused by the bacterium called Salmonella typhi, which is a species of salmonella enterica. Because, it is a bacillus that systemically affects the body thanks to its virulence factors, including typhoid toxin and V antigen, which allow it to survive in the host.