Occurrence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi in Calcutta.
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ABSTRACT
Blood and faecal samples were collected from 122 hospitalised patients of Calcútta clinically suspected to have enteric fever, for isolation of S. typhi. It was isolated from 34.4, 4.9 and 4.1 per cent patients by blood culture, stool culture and by both respectively. The in vitro drug susceptibility testing showed that all the isolates were resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, but were uniformly susceptible to ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and furazolidone. In view of the appearance of multi-drug resistant S. typhi in Calcutta, great care should be exercised in the use of newer quinolone derivatives.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Salmonella typhi
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Typhoid Fever
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Humans
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Disease Outbreaks
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India
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Infant
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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