The emergence and spread of Salmonella typhi resistant to multiple antibiotics is now a
subject of international concern. Not only has it become endemic in many developing …

A total of 592 children with clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever admitted to the Dr BC Roy
Memorial Hospital for Children, Calcutta, India during the period between February 1990 …

Fifty blood culture positive patients of typhoid fever were studied during the current outbreak
of the disease for their clinical profile. In 39 (78%) cases the isolates of S. typhi were …

Typhoid accounts for 8% of pediatric admissions to the Aga Khan University Hospital in
Karachi, Pakistan. Over a 4-year period (1986–1989), 355 children had typhoid documented …

Six hundred and eighty five blood cultures from children clinically diagnosed as enteric fever
yielded 176 salmonella strains showing isolation success rate of 25.7%, S. typhi were 164 …

Infectious diseases account for most of the 10 million annual deaths globally in children
younger than 5 years. In recent years, data indicating that typhoid fever is a major cause of …

In recent years, multiresistant strains of Salmonella typhi have emerged in many tropical
countries. These strains remain highly sensitive to the fluoroquinolone antibiotics, although …

Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella typhi strains in pediatric
cases of typhoid fever and chemotherapy restrictions in children, such as fluoroquinolones …

Objective To study the epidemiological pattern, clinical picture, the recent trends of multidrug-
resistant typhoid fever (MDRTF), and therapeutic response of ofloxacin and ceftriaxone in …

Introduction: Multidrug-resistant typhoid fever (MDRTF) is defined as typhoid fever caused
by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains (S. Typhi), which are resistant to the first-line …