Malaysian doctors are calling on food handlers to ensure they are vaccinated against typhoid before the Ramadan month kicks off. “Whilst it is important that our food handlers are mindful ...
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ESBL-producing strains isolated from imported cases of enteric fever in England and Wales reveal multiple chromosomal integrations of blaCTX-M-15 in XDR Salmonella Typhi
AUTHORS Satheesh Nair, Marie Chattaway, Gemma C Langridge, Amy Gentle, Martin Day, Emma V Ainsworth, Iman Mohamed, Robert Smith, Claire Jenkins, Timothy J Dallman, Gauri Godbole ABSTRACT Background: There are approximately 300 cases of enteric fever reported ...
Read moreTaiwan reports first typhoid fever case this year
Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday (March 9) announced the country’s first locally acquired case of typhoid fever this year The health department is currently investigating the patient’s ...
Read moreEmerging high-level ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi haplotype H58 in travelers returning to the Republic of Korea from India
AUTHORS Eunkyung Shin, Jungsun Park, Hyun Ju Jeong, Ae Kyung Park, Kyoungin Na, Hyerim Lee, Jeong-Hoon Chun, Kyu Jam Hwang, Chul-Joong Kim, Junyoung Kim ABSTRACT In Korea, typhoid fever is a rare disease due to improved living standards. However, ...
Read moreA GMMA-CPS-Based Vaccine for Non-Typhoidal Salmonella
AUTHORS Akosiererem S Sokaribo, Sumudu R Perera, Zoe Sereggela, Ryan Krochak, Lindsay R Balezantis, Xiaohui Xing, Shirley Lam, William Deck, Sam Attah-Poku, Dennis Wade Abbott, Shantanu Tamuly, Aaron P White ABSTRACT Non-typhoidal Salmonella are a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, as ...
Read moreTyphoid vaccination campaign continues in ICT, Punjab
The Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TVC) campaign was continued in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Punjab as part of reaching an overall target of 12.7 million children between the ages of ...
Read moreSingapore investigates typhoid fever cases
Officials in Singapore are investigating if two typhoid fever cases are linked to eating at a food outlet The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said two ...
Read moreExtraintestinal Seeding of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi, Pakistan
AUTHORS Seema Irfan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Salima Rattani, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar ABSTRACT We evaluated Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi strains isolated from all body sites in Pakistan during 2013-2018. Despite an increase in ...
Read moreTracking the Emergence of Azithromycin Resistance in Multiple Genotypes of Typhoidal Salmonella
AUTHORS Mohammad S I Sajib, Arif M Tanmoy, Yogesh Hooda, Hafizur Rahman, Jason R Andrews, Denise O Garrett, Hubert P Endtz, Samir K Saha, Senjuti Saha ABSTRACT The rising prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica ...
Read moreTrends of Antimicrobial Resistance in Typhoidal Strains of Salmonella in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
AUTHORS Aqsa Aslam, Sahibzada Ahmed Kharal, Maria Aslam, Almas Raza ABSTRACT Introduction: Enteric fever or typhoid fever is a major public health issue affecting greater than 27 million individuals globally and is responsible ...
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