CHAPTER LIII 



THE ENTEROIDEA GROUP OF TROPICAL 



FEVERS 



General remarks — Enteroidea or intestinal fevers- 

 References. 



"Enteric — Parenteric — 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



We use the word enteroidea, or intestinal fevers, for all those 

 fevers which are caused by any of the intestinal bacteria, while the 

 term enteric fever denotes those which are called typhoid and para- 

 typhoid A and B fevers. By par enteric fever we mean those febrile 

 conditions which, though clinically resembling ' enteric fever,' are 

 caused by intestinal bacilli specifically different from B. typhosus 

 and B paratyphosus A and B. These parent eric germs may be 

 closely related to the enteric germs or may be widely separated 

 therefrom [vide Chapter XXXVI., p. 934). 



ENTEROIDEA OR INTESTINAL FEVERS. 



The term enteroidea covers both the enteric and the parenteric 

 groups, and applies to any fever caused by intestinal germs in the 

 widest sense of the word (p. 934). These fevers may be classified 

 as follows: — 



Enteric Fevers : — f Typhoid. 



Synonym: EntericaJ Paratyphoid A. 

 sensii stricto I Paratyphoid B. 



A, due to germs of genus Eber- 

 thus and Alcali genes. 



B, due to germs of genus Sal- 

 monella. 



C, due to germs of genus En- 

 teroides. 



D, 



Enteroide 

 Fevers : — 



Synonyms Enter- 

 oidea, Intestinal 

 fevers, Enterica 

 sensii lato 



Parenteric Fevers : — 

 Synonym : Parenterica 



due to germs of genus Lan- 

 koides. 



E, due to germs of genus Bal- 



kanella and Wesenbergus. 



F, due to germs of genus 



Escherichia. 



ENTERIC. 



Synonyms,^ — Typhoid Fever, Abdominal Typhus, Gastric Fever, Pytho- 

 genic Fever, Endemic Fever, Autumnal or Fall Fever, Remittent Fever of 

 many writers. Common Continued Fever, Slow or Lent Fever, Nervous Fever, 



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