Open AccessAzithromycin resistance mechanisms in typhoidal salmonellae in India: A 25 years analysis
Author(s) -
Priyanka Sharma,
Bandana Kumari,
Sushila Dahiya,
Umay Kulsum,
Sambuddha Kumar,
Neelam Manral,
S. Pandey,
Punit Kaur,
Seema Sood,
Bimal Kumar Das,
Arti Kapil
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1302_17
Subject(s) - azithromycin , typhoid fever , salmonella typhi , microbiology and biotechnology , minimum inhibitory concentration , medicine , biology , virology , antibiotics , gene , genetics , escherichia coli
: Azithromycin has been in use as an alternate treatment option for enteric fever even when the guidelines on the susceptibility testing were not available. There is lack of data on susceptibility and mechanisms of resistance of azithromycin in Salmonella Typhi and S. Paratyphi A. The aim of the present study was to determine the azithromycin susceptibility and resistance mechanisms in typhoidal salmonellae isolates archived in a tertiary care centre in north India for a period of 25 years.