Re-emergence of the susceptibility of the Salmonella spp. isolated from blood samples to conventional first line antibiotics

Re-emergence of the susceptibility of the Salmonella spp. isolated from blood samples to conventional first line antibiotics

Abstract Background Enteric fever is an important public health problem in Nepal. Due to emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella spp. the conventional first-line drugs, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and cotrimoxazole have not been used as empiric therapy for treatment of enteric fever...

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Main Authors: Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Basudha Shrestha, Binod Lekhak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Enteric fever
Salmonella spp.
First line antibiotics
Fluoroquinolones
Antibiotic resistance
Nepal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0121-8

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