FREQUENCY AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN OF SALMONELLA TYPHI ISOLATED FROM BLOOD CULTURES

Background: Enteric fever spread worldwide by Salmonella typhi (S. typhi). The causative agent, S. typhi is gram negative bacilli belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a motile, facultative anaerobic bacilli. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) S. typhi is being accepted as most challenging ent...

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Main Authors: Murtaza Khan, Faisal Iqbal Afridi, Jawaid Abu bakar Warind, Qamar Jamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ziauddin University 2019-04-01
Series:Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
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Online Access:https://ojs.zu.edu.pk/pjmd/article/view/173