Urban Typhus (Noun)
Meaning
Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with urban typhus after experiencing severe fever and muscle aches following a flea bite.
- Urban typhus is often misdiagnosed due to its similar symptoms with other diseases, making it challenging for doctors to identify the infection.
- The city's health department issued a warning about the rise in urban typhus cases, advising residents to take precautions against flea bites.
- After being bitten by a stray cat's flea, the woman contracted urban typhus and had to undergo a series of antibiotics to recover.
- The doctor prescribed doxycycline to treat the patient's urban typhus infection, which was caused by the bite of an infected flea from a rat.