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Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi, United States, 1999-2008.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Medalla Felicita, Sjölund-Karlsson Maria, Shin Sanghyuk, Harvey Emily, Joyce Kevin, Theobald Lisa, Nygren Benjamin N, Pecic Gary, Gay Kathryn, Austin Jana, Stuart Andrew, Blanton Elizabeth, Mintz Eric D, Whichard Jean M, Barzilay Esra J
Abstract excerpt
We report 9 ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates submitted to the US National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System during 1999-2008. The first 2 had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and identical gyrA and parC mutations. Eight of the 9 patients had traveled to India within 30 days before illness onset.
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