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Tracking the Emergence of Azithromycin Resistance in Multiple Genotypes of Typhoidal Salmonella.
mBio - 16 Feb 2021
Sajib Mohammad S I, Tanmoy Arif M, Hooda Yogesh, Rahman Hafizur, Andrews Jason R, Garrett Denise O, Endtz Hubert P, Saha Samir K, Saha Senjuti
Abstract excerpt
The rising prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A, causative agents of typhoid and paratyphoid, have led to fears of untreatable infections. Of specific concern is the emerging resistance against azithromycin, the only remaining oral drug to treat extensively drug resistant (XDR) typhoid. Since the first report of azithromycin resistance from Bangladesh in...
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