Emergence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella enterica</italic> Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third-Generation Cephalosporins

Emergence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella enterica</italic> Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third-Generation Cephalosporins

ABSTRACT Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates are prevalent in parts of Asia and Africa and are often associated with the dominant H58 haplotype. Reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones is...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Klemm, Sadia Shakoor, Andrew J. Page, Farah Naz Qamar, Kim Judge, Dania K. Saeed, Vanessa K. Wong, Timothy J. Dallman, Satheesh Nair, Stephen Baker, Ghazala Shaheen, Shahida Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Khalid Saleem, Zahra Hasan, Gordon Dougan, Rumina Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-03-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
Salmonella
Typhi
typhoid
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00105-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00105-18

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