Ceftriaxone-resistantSalmonellaTyphi Outbreak in Hyderabad City of Sindh, Pakistan: High Time for the Introduction of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine | Zendy

Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai | Zendy; Farah Naz Qamar | Zendy; Sadia Shakoor | Zendy; Khalid Saleem | Zendy; Heeramani Lohana | Zendy; S.M.M. Karim | Zendy; Aneeta Hotwani | Zendy; Shahida Qureshi | Zendy; Naveed Masood | Zendy; Mudasir Rauf | Zendy; Jamshed Ahmed Khanzada | Zendy; Momin Kazi | Zendy; Rumina Hasan | Zendy

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Ceftriaxone-resistantSalmonellaTyphi Outbreak in Hyderabad City of Sindh, Pakistan: High Time for the Introduction of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine

Author(s) -

Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai,

Farah Naz Qamar,

Sadia Shakoor,

Khalid Saleem,

Heeramani Lohana,

S.M.M. Karim,

Aneeta Hotwani,

Shahida Qureshi,

Naveed Masood,

Mudasir Rauf,

Jamshed Ahmed Khanzada,

Momin Kazi,

Rumina Hasan

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy877

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , salmonella typhi , ceftriaxone , outbreak , virology , conjugate vaccine , enteric fever , typhoid vaccine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , immunology , antigen , immunization , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene

The Aga Khan University clinical microbiology laboratory identified an outbreak of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi in Hyderabad, Pakistan, through antimicrobial resistance surveillance. An outbreak investigation was carried out to identify the risk factors and institute control measures. Here we report the preliminary findings of this outbreak investigation, using data collected from 30 November 2016 to 28 March 2017.

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