Extensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever in the United States | Zendy

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Extensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever in the United States

Author(s) -

Michael Hughes,

Meseret G. Birhane,

Layne Dorough,

Jared Reynolds,

Hayat Caidi,

Kaitlin A. Tagg,

Caroline M Snyder,

Alexander T. Yu,

Shana M Altman,

Michelle M. Boyle,

Deepam Thomas,

Amy E Robbins,

HaeNa A Waechter,

Irina Cody,

Eric D. Mintz,

Bruce Gutelius,

Gayle Langley,

Louise Francois Watkins

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab572

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , azithromycin , enteric fever , empiric therapy , drug , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , virology , antibiotics , alternative medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , pathology , biology

Cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever have been reported in the United States among patients who did not travel internationally. Clinicians should consider if and where the patient traveled when selecting empiric treatment for typhoid fever. XDR typhoid fever should be treated with a carbapenem, azithromycin, or both.

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