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Multidrug-resistant typhoid fever: a review

Author(s) -

Syed Ahmed Zaki,

Sunil Karande

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1405

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , ampicillin , public health , outbreak , salmonella typhi , ciprofloxacin , intensive care medicine , environmental health , antibiotics , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , nursing , escherichia coli , gene

Multidrug-resistant typhoid fever (MDRTF) is defined as typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains (S. Typhi), which are resistant to the first-line recommended drugs for treatment such as chloramphenicol, ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Since the mid-1980s, MDRTF has caused outbreaks in several countries in the developing world, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality, especially in affected children below five years of age and those who are malnourished.

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