A Race against Time: Reduced Azithromycin Susceptibility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Pakistan

ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance is an ongoing issue in the treatment of typhoid fever. Resistance to first-line antimicrobials and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi isolates in Pakistan have left azithromycin as the only remaining effective oral treatment. Here, we report the emerg...

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Published in:	mSphere
Main Authors:	Junaid Iqbal, Irum F. Dehraj, Megan E. Carey, Zoe A. Dyson, Denise Garrett, Jessica C. Seidman, Furqan Kabir, Senjuti Saha, Stephen Baker, Farah N. Qamar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Subjects:	Salmonella Typhi typhoid fever antimicrobial resistance azithromycin higher MIC Pakistan
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00215-20