Emergence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third-Generation Cephalosporins

Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates are prevalent in parts of Asia and Africa and are often associated with the dominant H58 haplotype. Reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones is also wid...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Klemm, Sadia Shakoor, Andrew J. Page, Farah Naz Qamar, Kim Judge, Dania K. Saeed, Vanessa K. Wong, Timothy J. Dallman, Satheesh Nair, Stephen Baker, Ghazala Shaheen, Shahida Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Khalid Saleem, Zahra Hasan, Gordon Dougan, Rumina Hasan, Keith P. Klugman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-02-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/1/e00105-18