Enteric Fever Due To Multi-Resistant
            <i>Salmonella Typhi</i>

Kambal, Abdelmaged M.; Al-Sugair, Saleh; Al-Ballaa, Saleh R.; Al-Hedaithy, Mogbil A.; Al-Balla, Suliman R.; Saeed, Najeeb Sulyman

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1993.246

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“…17 The attack rate for the affected population in this previous study was 12.57% which is much higher than the attack rate of 0.73% in present study. However, the antibiogram profile of the isolates in present study to the work carried out by Anand and Banerjee et al 16,17 Multi drug resistant typhoid fever has been reported both [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] The present outbreak was a common source focal outbreak due to sewage contamination of drinking water in a few areas in the station. Prompt action was initiated to control the outbreak.…”

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Outbreak of enteric fever: a fact finding mission

Pardal¹,

Minhas²

2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: In September 2019, a large number of fever cases among troops and families in a military station in Maharashtra were admitted to the local Military Hospital. Detailed epidemiological investigations revealed the cause to be an outbreak of enteric fever due to sewage contamination of drinking water.Methods: A detailed site survey was undertaken; and a descriptive epidemiological study was carried out. Routine haemogram, blood culture, antibiotic sensitivity test besides serotyping of the isolates were carried out.Results: In all 28 cases who fulfilled the case definition criteria were admitted in the month of September 2019. Out of these 21 (75%) were confirmed by blood culture, while the remaining were probable cases. Bacteriological examination reports of water samples taken from various source as well as consumer end points both prior to beginning of the outbreak and during the outbreak revealed a high presumptive coliform count. Spatial and temporal clustering of cases was suggestive of common source outbreak. On 16 September 2019 exploration by digging was carried out undertaken which revealed massive leakage of water in close proximity to the overflowing manholes. The outbreak was promptly controlled after detection of this pipeline and provision of alternative source of water supply to the affected area.Conclusions: Salmonella enterica serovar typhi has been implicated in many outbreaks through history. The present outbreak was a common source focal outbreak due to sewage contamination of drinking water in a few areas in the station.

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Outbreak of enteric fever: a fact finding mission

Pardal¹,

Minhas²

2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Antimicrobial susceptibility and serogroups of Salmonella isolates from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Kambal

1996

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Seventeen Antimicrobials forSalmonellaIsolates from Septic Patients

Dobardzic¹,

Dobardzic²

1996

Journal of Chemotherapy

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Herein we are reporting, for the first time in Kuwait, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of Salmonella blood culture isolates vs. 17 clinically relevant antimicrobial agents. The screening of blood culture specimens was performed with the most advanced Bactec 9240 (Becton Dickinson). From over 20,000 blood cultures, 112 Salmonella isolates were obtained from 67 patients. Their MICs were determined using the automated Vitek microdilution technique (Biomerieux Vitek Inc.). During the whole 1991-1995 study period, the MICs for cefotaxime, ceftazidime, aztreonam, amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and imipenem were below their respective susceptibility breakpoints. Resistance to chloramphenicol, ampicillin and cotrimoxazole varied from year to year, from 18% to 50%, except in 1991 when it was nil (1991 was the first year after the Gulf War, with very few newcomers from the Indian subcontinent). All ampicillin-susceptible S. typhi isolates had extremely low MIC values (< or = 0.25 microgram/ml).

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Enteric Fever Due To Multi-Resistant Salmonella Typhi

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Outbreak of enteric fever: a fact finding mission

Outbreak of enteric fever: a fact finding mission

Antimicrobial susceptibility and serogroups of Salmonella isolates from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Seventeen Antimicrobials forSalmonellaIsolates from Septic Patients

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