Rapid Emergence of Multidrug Resistant, H58-Lineage Salmonella Typhi in Blantyre, Malawi

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Feasey, Nicholas A ^a,b,c   Gaskell, Katherine ^a   Wong, Vanessa ^c   Msefula, Chisomo ^a   Selemani, George ^a   Kumwenda, Save ^a   Allain, Theresa J ^a   Mallewa, Jane ^a   Kennedy, Neil ^a   Bennett, Aisleen ^a,d   Nyirongo, Joram O ^a   Nyondo, Patience A ^a   Zulu, Madalitso D ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^c   Dougan, Gordon ^c   Gordon, Melita A ^d   Heyderman, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISK DIFFUSION; FATALITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALAWI; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYOCARDITIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84929492305     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003748     Document Type: Article

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