Antibiogram of Salmonella Isolates from Blood with an Emphasis on Nalidixic Acid and Chloramphenicol Susceptibility in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Coastal Karnataka: A Prospective Study

Antibiogram of Salmonella Isolates from Blood with an Emphasis on Nalidixic Acid and Chloramphenicol Susceptibility in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Coastal Karnataka: A Prospective Study

Background: Enteric fever is caused by the serotypes Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella Paratyphi A, Salmonella Paratyphi B and Salmonella Paratyphi C. After emergence of multidrug resistant Salmonellae Ciprofloxacin, a fluorquinolone antibiotic was the first-line therapy. Treatment failure was observed w...

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Main Authors: Anup Kumar Shetty, Ichlampady Nagaraj Shetty, Zevita Venisha Furtado, Beena Antony, Rekha Boloor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
ceftriaxone
chloramphenicol
nalidixic acid
resistance
salmonella
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.105585

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