Which of the following is not true regarding Typhoid carrier?
Fecal carrier is more common than urinary carrier but urinary carrier is more dangerous. Convalescent Carrier: Sheds typhoid bacilli for 3 or more months after onset of acute illness. Chronic Carrier: Sheds typhoid bacilli for more than 12 months after onset of acute illness; or has no history of typhoid fever or had the disease more than 1 year previously, but has two feces or urine cultures positive for S. typhi separated by 48 hours. Other Carrier: Typhoid bacilli have been isolated from surgically removed tissues, organs, or from draining lesions.
Convalescent carriers excrete the organism for 6 - 8 weeks
Chronic carriers excrete bacilli for many years
Chronic carrier state is associated with presence of bacilli in gall bladder
Urinary carrier is more common than fecal carrier