[PDF][PDF] Drug resistant typhoid fever: A clinical challenge and a potential solution

MA Ahmed, Y Ahmad, M Saad - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024 - pjms.org.pk
Typhoid Fever is a lethal bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria. It is
characterized by high grade fever, abdominal pain, severe toxicity, sore throat, tongue …

Drug-resistant typhoid epidemic in Pakistan highlights shortcomings of the public health infrastructure

R Siddiqi, Y Waseem, MW Naseeb - Journal of Pakistan Medical …, 2019 - go.gale.com
Madam, typhoid fever is a communicable acute systemic infection, which if untreated, can
have life-threatening complications such as intestinal perforation and haemorrhage …

Typhoid Fever: Pakistan's Unique Challenges and Pragmatic Solutions

M Ahmad, M Saeed, F Rasheed, MH Rasool… - Journal of Islamabad …, 2024 - jimdc.org.pk
Typhoid fever is a life-threatening disease caused by gram-negative bacteria Salmonella
enteric serotype Typhi. Every year, this disease affects almost 21 million people worldwide …

Extensively drug resistant typhoid fever seen at tertiary care hospital in Lahore

S Latif, A Zia, SB Ali, S Hafeez - Infectious Diseases Journal of …, 2019 - ojs.idj.org.pk
Background: Typhoid fever is endemic in Pakistan. Multi-drug resistance is commonly
observed in Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) isolates, due to which first line of drugs, ampicillin …

[HTML][HTML] Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary complications of extensively drug-resistant typhoid at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

H Mansoor, K Ahmed, S Fida, M Uzair, A Asghar… - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Typhoid fever is a major health problem in developing countries. Extensively
drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid is an emerging threat to world health. The objectives of this …

Extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever: A call to action

M Pustake, P Giri, S Tambolkar… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Indian Journal of Community Medicine¦ Volume 47¦ Issue 1¦ January-March 2022 154
medicines for the treatment of typhoid fever.[4] Srirangaraj et al. in their study also have …

[PDF][PDF] Typhoid fever in children–Emergence of resistant strains of typhoid fever in Pakistan

MA Khan - Khyber J Med Sci, 2021 - kjms.com.pk
Emerging resistance of typhoid fever in Pakistan is one of the key issue and main danger
faced by the pediatric population. It is sparing neither any region nor any of the pediatric …

[PDF][PDF] Extensively drug resistant typhoid fever in pakistan–analysis of current situation

H Afshan, S Jamil, S Fatima - RADS Journal of Pharmacy and …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Salmonella enterica are the pathogens that causes typhoid fever and it is the major leading
cause of serious systemic infection encountered in Pakistan. Many antibiotics have been …

Extensively drug‐resistant (XDR) typhoid: evolution, prevention, and its management

J Akram, AS Khan, HA Khan, SA Gilani… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Typhoid fever is the result of a human host‐restricted Salmonella enteric serotype typhi
infection that causes enteric fever. Around 21 million people contract typhoid annually, with …

Rising XDR-typhoid fever cases in Pakistan: are we heading back to the pre-antibiotic era?

MH Butt, A Saleem, SO Javed, I Ullah… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The world witnessed its first case of Extensively Drug-Resistant—Typhoid Fever (XDR-TF) in
late 2016 when Pakistan's second most populated province—Sindh—reported a huge influx …