A 23-year retrospective investigation of Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi isolated in a tertiary Kathmandu hospital.

Salmonella serovars Typhi (S. Typhi) and Paratyphi A (S. Paratyphi A), the causative agents of enteric fever, have been routinely isolated organisms from the blood of febrile patients in the Kathmandu Valley since the early 1990s. Susceptibility against commonly used antimicrobials for treating ente...

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Main Authors: Raphaël M Zellweger, Buddha Basnyat, Poojan Shrestha, Krishna G Prajapati, Sabina Dongol, Paban K Sharma, Samir Koirala, Thomas C Darton, Christiane Dolecek, Corinne N Thompson, Guy E Thwaites, Stephen G Baker, Abhilasha Karkey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5720835?pdf=render