Permanent eliminators
A permanent eliminator is a person who, after being infected with pathogens ( bacteria , viruses ), continues to reproduce and eliminate them even after ten weeks without the appearance of symptoms or after the symptoms have subsided. This results in a risk of infection through contact with saliva , urine , stool and other body fluids of the permanent excretor for different periods of time (permanent / temporary permanent excretion) .
The pathogens causing salmonellosis are of particular epidemiological importance : Salmonella (S.) enterica , S. typhi and S. paratyphi . Enteritis salmonella excretion takes an average of one month in adults and seven weeks or longer in children under five. In cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever, 1–4% of those who are healthy (mostly people over 50 years of age) excrete the pathogens for more than six months and often for life. For the rehabilitation of chronic carriers is the administration of ciprofloxacin or ceftriaxone in chronic carriers with a Cholecystolithiasis the cholecystectomy recommended under antibiotic shielding.
Mary Mallon ( Typhoid Mary ), who was infected with typhoid but did not develop it, caused an unusual stir in the US tabloids at the beginning of the 20th century .
Individual evidence
- ^ Pschyrembel . Medical dictionary. 257th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-933203-04-X , p. 301 .
