Typhoid fever is endemic in Bangladesh (1). Until the mid-1980s, ampicillin,
chloramphenicol, or co-trimoxazole was the standard treatment for typhoid fever. Since then …

The incidence of nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella typhi (NARST) with decreased
susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was investigated in an urban referral hospital in Dhaka …

Asna et al.(2003) reported that decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin among strains of S.
Typhi could not be detected by the disc diffusion method; their isolates were fully susceptible …

Typhoid fever remains a serious problem in India due to the emergence of multidrug
resistant Salmonella typhi, which has been reported since 1983 (1). The strain showed …

To the Editor: Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, the causal pathogen for typhoid, is a
major public health hazard in many parts of the world, with an estimated 21.6 million cases …

Monitoring the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S.
Typhi) is important for efficiently managing cases of typhoid fever. In this study, the …

Typhoid fever due to multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is a global public
health problem, with an estimated 30 million cases and 600,000 deaths annually (7). Since …

Abstract In 1999, 23% of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from patients in the
United Kingdom exhibited decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC 0.25-1.0 mg/L); …

Typhoid fever occurs both in epidemic and endemic forms and remains a public health
problem in developing countries (1). Since 1990, the epidemics of Salmonella enterica …

Background: Fluoroquinolones are the drugs of choice for the treatment of typhoid fever. But
the recent increase in minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of ciprofloxacin in …