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 …

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 …

A total of 576 Salmonella typhi strains were isolated from the blood of paediatric patients in
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Susceptibility to ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, chloramphenicol …

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

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

Between 1990 and 1992, we isolated 236 strains of 5. typhi from the blood of paediatric
patients by lysis-direct plating/centrifugation method (Saha, Khan & Saha, 1992). The strains …

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi has spread to many parts of India, causing severe
therapeutic problems. Of the 305 clinically suspected cases of enteric fever seen at Kasturba …

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 …

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 …