Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal

We performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( XbaI) on 114 bloodstream isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A and S. enterica serotype Typhi collected from febrile patients in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of the 56 S. Paratyphi A isolates, 51 (91%) were indistinguishable, which suggests the eme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2006-11, Vol.100 (11), p.1063-1067
Hauptverfasser:	Woods, Christopher W., Murdoch, David R., Zimmerman, Mark D., Glover, William A., Basnyat, Buddha, Wolf, Leslie, Belbase, Ram Hari, Reller, L. Barth
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use Bacteremia Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Communicable Diseases, Emerging - drug therapy Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Enteric fever Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nepal Nepal - epidemiology Paratyphoid Fever - drug therapy Paratyphoid Fever - epidemiology Salmonella Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi Salmonella paratyphi A - isolation & purification Typhoid Fever - drug therapy Typhoid Fever - epidemiology Urban Health
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Zusammenfassung:	We performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( XbaI) on 114 bloodstream isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A and S. enterica serotype Typhi collected from febrile patients in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of the 56 S. Paratyphi A isolates, 51 (91%) were indistinguishable, which suggests the emergence of a single clone. In contrast, only 21 (36%) of the 58 S. Typhi isolates exhibited a common genotype, which is consistent with endemic disease from multiple sources.
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.011