Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever case, Pakistan

We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2003-12, Vol.9 (12), p.1621-1622
Hauptverfasser:	Butt, Tariq, Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem, Mahmood, Abid, Zaidi, Sabeen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use Care and treatment Case studies Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use Dispatch fluoroquinolone Humans Male Pakistan Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Salmonella typhi - growth & development Salmonella typhi - metabolism Salmonidae Treatment Failure Typhoid fever Typhoid Fever - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection of this resistance.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0912.030230