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Multidrug-Resistant <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Typhi Isolates with High-Level Resistance to Ciprofloxacin in Dhaka, Bangladesh
27 Sept 2006
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Typhoid fever due to multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is a global public health problem, with an estimated 30 million cases and 600,000 deaths annually (7). Since the beginning of the 1990s, there has been an increasing prevalence of multidrug resistance to the first-line antimicrobials, such as chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and co-trimoxazole, shifting the drug of choice for the treatment of...
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