Alarm raised as typhoid germs become drug resistant

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  • The bacteria behind the typhoid fever is becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics due to unchecked use of such drugs
  • Experts revealed the information in a three-day international conference titled “15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition,” which began on Tuesday at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka
  • Dr Samir Saha, professor of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Child Health Research Foundation led the session and presented a paper titled “Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine – A tool to end the arms race against Typhoid Salmonella.”