Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1063-1067

  Woods, Christopher W ^a   Murdoch, David R ^b,c   Zimmerman, Mark D ^d   Glover, William A ^e   Basnyat, Buddha ^d   Wolf, Leslie ^e   Belbase, Ram Hari ^d   Reller, L Barth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Enteric fever; Nepal; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A; Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEPAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN HEALTH;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 33748175004     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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