Culture-proven cases of enteric fever (182) were studied during the period May 1991 to April
1992; 39 per cent of the children were below 3 years. There was male preponderance …

Enteric fever caused by Salmonella typhi resistant to all the standard first-line antibiotics is
emerging as a major problem in developing countries. Fifteen such culture-proven cases …

One hundred children (consecutive) with positive blood culture for Salmonella typhi were
studied for clinical profile and complications. The common clinical features were fever …

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi has become a major public health problem. In this
study, typhoid fever was diagnosed by isolation of Salmonella typhi from blood or by a …

In 1990, we isolated 158 strains of Salmonella typhi from blood cultures of patients suffering
from typhoid fever. Seventy nine (50%) of these isolates were found to be simultaneously …

Multiple drug resistant Salmonella typhi infection was observed in thirty five recent cases
among forty eight children with bacteriologically proven enteric fever. Incidence of …

To find the incidence, markers and nature of complications of typhoid fever, we studied 102
children with cultures positive for Salmonella typhi in a cross‐sectional study, prospectively …

Results It was observed that 40 out of 50 isolates (80%) of S. typhi during October 1991 to
December 1993 (Group I) were sensitive to chloramphenicol while only 28 (33.3%) out of 84 …

SUMMARY Between January 1976 and December 1978, the Microbiology Department of
University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, isolated Salmonella typhi from the blood cultures …

Background The emergence of multi drug-resistant Salmonella typhi (MDRST) in many
developing countries including Pakistan, has led to a search for suitable alternatives to …