Salmonella typhi and S. paratyphi are important causes of bacteremia in children, especially
those from the developing world. There is a lack of standardized treatment protocols for such …

Background: Due to the lack of sanitation measures and clean water, typhoid fever is
prevalent in developing countries such as India. Also, increasing cases of antibiotic …

Results: The average age of patients in this study was 5.16±3.449 years and weight of about
15.88±7.77 Kg. M: F ratio was approximately 1: 1. Outpatient admissions were 49 (72.1%) …

Background. Despite concerns about safety in children, fluoroquinolone antibiotics have
become the treatment of choice in patients with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in Vietnam …

Introduction: Typhoid fever is a major public health issue in Pakistan. Variations in clinical
manifestations make diagnosis a challenging task. Over use of antibiotics make the …

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 …

Background Despite concerns about safety in children, fluoroquinolone antibiotics have
become the treatment of choice in patients with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in Vietnam …

Isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi that are multidrug resistant (MDR, resistant to
chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) and have reduced …

Enteric fever (formerly typhoid fever) is a bacterial illness caused by fecal-oral transmission
of Salmonella typhi or paratyphi. In early 2018, an outbreak of Salmonella typhi resistant to …

Aim To establish the pattern of antibiotic resistance and assess the frequency of multidrug-
resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Salmonella Typhi and …