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Antimicrobial resistance trends in blood culture positive Salmonella Paratyphi A isolates from Pondicherry, India.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Menezes G A, Harish B N, Khan M A, Goessens W, Hays J P
Abstract excerpt
Enteric fever is a public health problem with the upsurge in the occurrence of Salmonella isolates that are resistant to ciprofloxacin. In this study, a total of 284 blood culture isolates of S. Paratyphi A were investigated. Of these isolates, 281 (98.9%) were nalidixic acid resistant. A high rate (6.3%) of high-level resistance (≥ 4 μg/mL) was found to ciprofloxacin. The isolates with ciprofloxacin minimum...
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