High Level of Resistance to nalidixic acid in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Central India | Zendy

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High Level of Resistance to nalidixic acid in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Central India

Author(s) -

Yashwant Kumar,

Anshu Sharma,

Kavaratty Raju Mani

Publication year - 2009

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.419

Subject(s) - nalidixic acid , ciprofloxacin , salmonella typhi , minimum inhibitory concentration , typhoid fever , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella , salmonella enterica , biology , bacteria , escherichia coli , antibiotics , biochemistry , genetics , gene

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 Salmonella Typhi may result in delayed response and serious complications. Nalidixic acid resistance has been used as an indirect evidence of increased minimum inhibitory concentration for ciprofloxacin in Salmonella Typhi.

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