Article
Antimicrobial resistance and molecular subtypes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Kolkata, India over a 15 years period 1998-2012.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Jan 2017
Das Surojit, Samajpati Sriparna, Ray Ujjwayini, Roy Indranil, Dutta Shanta
Abstract excerpt
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), remains an unresolved public health problem in India. Emergence of antimicrobial resistant strains poses a great concern for typhoid treatment and influences reshaping of current S. Typhi population. We included representative S. Typhi strains (n=164) from retrospective studies, both community and hospital based, conducted at National...
Topics
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Typing
- Plasmids
- Retrospective Studies
- Salmonella typhi
- Typhoid Fever