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Re-emerging chloramphenicol sensitivity and emerging low level ciprofloxacin resistance among Salmonella enterica serotype typhi [1]

Ciprofloxacin has become the antibiotic of choice for the treatment of typhoid fever with the emergence and worldwide spread of Salmonella enterica typhi strains resistant to chloramphenicol. However, the rampant use of ciprofloxacin gradually led to an increase in its minimum inhibitory concentration against S. enterica typhi.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Varsha Gupta [2], Jaspal Kaur [3], Neelam Kaistha [4]
Tropical Doctor [5]
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Health [6], Drugs [7], Typhoid [8], India [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/varsha-gupta
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/neelam-kaistha
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/tropical-doctor
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/typhoid
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india