TOPICS: Salmonella Typhi, bacteria, gram negative, flagella, capsule, hematogenous spread, PMNs, polymorphonuclear neutrophils, hydrogen sulfide, TSI agar, eggs, meat, poultry, turtles, M cells, Peyer’s patches, facultative intracellular, acid-labile, Reiter’s syndrome, reactive arthritis, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, type 3 secretion system, endotoxin, osteomyelitis, sickle cell disease, ceftriaxone, travelling, Vi polysaccharide capsule, monocytes, gallbladder, chronic carrier, typhoid fever, rash, rose spots, constipation, diarrhea, live attenuated vaccine, fluoroquinolones