Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by the Salmonella Typhi bacterium.
Most healthy adults get better on their own, but some untreated people may have a fever for weeks or months. Typhoid fever is frequently treated with antibiotics.
Yes, typhoid fever is dangerous but curable. Antibiotics that destroy Salmonella bacteria are used to treat typhoid fever. The death rate was 20% before the introduction of antibiotics. An overwhelming infection, pneumonia, intestinal hemorrhage, or intestinal perforation were the causes of death.