A skeleton in the closet: The implications of COVID-19 on XDR strain of typhoid in Pakistan

A skeleton in the closet: The implications of COVID-19 on XDR strain of typhoid in Pakistan

Extensively drug resistant typhoid fever is a major public health concern in Pakistan. During the COVID-19 pandemic, poor sanitation is leading typhoid cases to a surge and obsolete diagnostic methods are paving the way towards ir-rational pharmacotherapy. In particular, the overuse of azithromycin...

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Main Authors: Shoaib Ahmad, Christos Tsagkaris, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Muhammad Tanzeel Ul Haque, Shayan Iqbal Khan, Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja, Ana Carla dos Santos Costa, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Public Health in Practice
Subjects:
Typhoid
XDR strain
COVID-19
Pakistan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000094

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