First case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid reported in Australia

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  • Australia’s first case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid has been confirmed in a 20-month-old girl, who was taken to hospital suffering with high fever and vomiting
  • Dr Philip Britton from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney said the fact the young girl had recently returned from six weeks in Pakistan led doctors to believe she had typhoid