Health authorities are planning to launch a mass vaccination drive against typhoid fever in Karachi after two children died due to Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Typhoid in Sheedi Goth area ...
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2,982 typhoid cases reported in Karachi
Health Services Karachi has recorded 2,982 typhoid cases in Karachi city from 1st January to 14 May 2019 out of which 1765 are typhoid/paratyphoid fever and 1217 are S.thype-Ceftriaxone Resistant. ...
Read moreA curious case of hidden, dangerous typhoid: It’s time to take action now
Typhoid bacterial strains in India are already resistant to the cheapest first and second line of antibiotics In 2017, when clinician scientist Gagandeep Kang and her colleagues started an extensive ...
Read morePakistan approaches Indian firm to buy vaccine against XDR typhoid
Pakistani health authorities have approached an Indian vaccine manufacturer, Bharat Biotech International Limited, for the supply of typhoid conjugate vaccine to contain the Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) typhoid, which has ...
Read moreWe’re Not Using One of Our Best Weapons against Drug-Resistant Microbes
But now in the coming months we’ll see the first large-scale uses of a vaccine that also has a potentially huge role to play in reducing AMR. This is a ...
Read moreUS travel alert for Pakistan over outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid
CDC and US health officials have issued a travel alert for Pakistan over outbreak of XDR Typhoid The CDC has asked travelers to ensure they have received the typhoid vaccination ...
Read moreXDR typhoid infections in 5 US children linked to Pakistan outbreak
5 children (aged 4-12) who traveled to or from Pakistan during late 2017 through mid-2018 have been diagnosed in the US with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid infectious The outbreak in ...
Read morePakistan drug resistant typhoid outbreak tops 5,000: WHO
Typhoid outbreak in Pakistan has grown to over 5,2000 XDR cases in Sindh province 70% of cases in Karachi, with remaining 30% around the district in Hyderabad XDR strain of Typhi ...
Read moreTyphoid fever – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
From 1 November 2016 through 9 December 2018, 5,274 cases of XDR typhoid out of 8,188 typhoid fever cases were reported by the Provincial Disease Surveillance and Response Unit in ...
Read moreDoctors worried over declining effectiveness of typhoid drugs
Doctors are worried drug-resistant typhoid could hit India and say the country is quickly running out of antibiotics to treat the disease Ciprofloxacin has been rendered ineffective, prompting doctors to ...
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