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Changes in antimicrobial resistance and molecular attributes of Salmonellae causing enteric fever in Kolkata, India, 2014-2018.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2020
Samajpati Sriparna, Das Surojit, Jain Priyanka, Ray Ujjwayini, Mandal Subhranshu, Samanta Sandip, Das Santasabuj, Dutta Shanta
Abstract excerpt
Globally, enteric fever caused by Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi, ST) and S. Paratyphi A (SPA) remain one of the major diseases of public health importance. In this study, a total of 457 (380 ST, 77 SPA) blood isolates were collected from three tertiary care hospitals in Kolkata during 2014-18. Additionally, 66 (3.4%) ST and 5 (0.25%) SPA were recovered from blood culture of 1962 patients attending OPD of one...
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