Abstract
We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Xbal-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug-susceptible isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 649-651 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |