AUTHORS Peng Sun, Shengjun Li, Xiangmao Bu, Rong Wen, Wenjie Li ABSTRACT An 11-year-old girl presented to Qingdao Women and Children’s Hospital affiliated to Qingdao University (Qingdao, China) with recurrent fever, headache, and abdominal ...
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Antimicrobial Resistance in Typhoidal Salmonella in Nepal: Surveillance for Enteric Fever, 2016-2019
AUTHORS Rajeev Shrestha, Navin Adhikari, Sailesh Pradhan, Ritu Amatya, Basudha Shrestha, Dhruba Kumar Khadka, Renu Roy, Rojika Pradhan, and Dipesh Tamrakar ABSTRACT Background: Enteric fever (caused by Salmonella enterica) has been associated with poor hygiene and is endemic ...
Read moreSalmonella Typhi acquires diverse plasmids from other Enterobacteriaceae to develop cephalosporin resistance
AUTHORS Jobin John Jacob, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Karthick Vasudevan, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Gagandeep Kang, Jacob John, Vasant Nagvekar, and Ankur Mutreja ABSTRACT Background: Recent reports have established the emergence and dissemination of extensively drug resistant (XDR) H58 Salmonella ...
Read moreAntibiotyping and Genotyping of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Spp. Isolated from Clinical Samples of Lahore, Pakistan
AUTHORS Iqra Zahid, Arslan Sarwar, Abid Hussain, Sohail Chaudhary, and Aatif Amin ABSTRACT Aims Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Objective of this study was to evaluate the ...
Read moreGenotypic and phenotypic profiles of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria isolated from hospitalized patients in Bangladesh
AUTHORS Kazi Sarjana Safain, Golam Sarower Bhuyan, Saad Hassan Hasib, Mohammad Sazzadul Islam, Mohammad Al Mahmud‐Un‐Nabi, Rosy Sultana, Sadia Tasnim, Farjana Akther Noor, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Md Tarikul Islam, Asifuzzaman Rahat, ...
Read moreTrends in antimicrobial resistance amongst pathogens isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures in Pakistan (2011-2015): A retrospective cross-sectional study
AUTHORS Nida Javaid, Qamar Sultana, Karam Rasool, Sumanth Gandra, Fayyaz Ahmad, Safee Ullah Chaudhary, and Shaper Mirza ABSTRACT While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a major public health problem ...
Read moreThe utility of multiplex polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of infectious diarrhoea in a tropical country
AUTHORS Ujjala Ghoshal, Nidhi Tejan, Juhi Sisodia, Shikha Verma, Narayan Prasad, and Uday Chand Ghoshal ABSTRACT Purpose: The etiology of infective diarrhea often remains undiagnosed. We studied the role of ...
Read moreAbundance and Diversity of Phages, Microbial Taxa, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Sediments of the River Ganges Through Metagenomic Approach
AUTHORS Narender Kumar, Amit Kumar Gupta, Sarabjeet Kour Sudan, Deepika Pal, Vinay Randhawa, Girish Sahni, Shanmugam Mayilra, and Manoj Kumar ABSTRACT In this study, we have analyzed the metagenomic DNA from ...
Read moreAnti-typhoid drive next month
An anti-typhoid vaccination drive will start from May 24, and continue till June 5, in 29 urban union councils of the district, told a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner ...
Read moreMalaysian doctors urge food handlers to get typhoid vaccine ahead of busy Ramadan month
Malaysian doctors are calling on food handlers to ensure they are vaccinated against typhoid before the Ramadan month kicks off. “Whilst it is important that our food handlers are mindful ...
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