Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya
oleh: Samuel Kariuki, Charles Gilks, Gutura Revathi, C. Anthony Hart
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-12-01 |
Deskripsi
We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug-susceptible isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.