Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya

Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya

We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluste...

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Main Authors: Samuel Kariuki, Charles Gilks, Gutura Revathi, C. Anthony Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Kenya
Multidrug-Resistant
S. Typhi
Salmonella eneterica Serovar Typhi
typhoid fever
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0616_article
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Summary:We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug-susceptible isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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