title: Prevalence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi in Ludhiana Punjab.
abstract: A total of 945 strains of S. typhi isolated from blood cultures during 1989 to 1994 were studied. Their antibiotic susceptibility showed 580 (61.4%) of strains to be multidrug resistant. The 464 strains tested for their susceptibility to ciprofloxacin were all sensitive to the drug. Twenty three (17.9%) of the 128 strains of S. paratyphi A were resistant to chloramphenicol. The sole isolate of S. paratyphi B was sensitive to all antibiotics tested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lal
mesh_terms: D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology