Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever – USA: ex Pakistan, multidrug resistance, CDC 2018

PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever – USA: ex Pakistan, multidrug resistance, CDC 2018

Typhoid -- United StatesChatham-Stephens K, Medalla F, Hughes M, et al. Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan -- United States, 2016-2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:11-13. DOI: In February 2018, a typhoid fever outbreak caused by _Salmonella enterica_ serotype Typhi (Typhi), resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, fluoroquinolones, and 3rd-generation cephalosporins, was reported in Pakistan. Read more [...]