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 …

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 …

The emergence of chloramphenicol resistant strains of Salmonella typhi (~ typhi) is of
concern to most treating physicians. This fact has prompted the clinician to seek a suitable …

Abstract 110 children who were clinically diagnosed with typhoid fever during January 1998-
December 1999, in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, were referred to the hospital with …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

An increase in the incidence of Salmonella typhi strains resistant to chloramphenicol,
ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole causing enteric fever in Egyptian children …

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 …