Open AccessStudy of Clinical Profile and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern in Culture-positive Typhoid Fever Cases
Author(s) -
Ashwini Kumar,
Vinay Pandit,
Seema Shetty,
Chythra R Rao,
Sanjay Pattanshetty,
Charmaine Minoli Samarasinghe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.103475
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , ampicillin , cephalosporin , chloramphenicol , antibiotics , antibiotic sensitivity , salmonella typhi , serotype , salmonella , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , virology , bacteria , biology , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
Salmonella enteric serotype Typhi has created a significant therapeutic problem as these strains have developed resistance to the commonly used antimicrobials for the treatment of typhoid fever.