title: Multidrug resistant Salmonella typhi in Rourkela, Orissa.
abstract: Out of 5410 blood samples 715 samples were found positive for Salmonella typhi. Enteric fever was prevalent for last three years in Rourkela. In last two years, a number of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella typhi was isolated which constituted almost 16.1% of the total isolates. In this study, chloramphenicol sensitivity was found quite high (86.5%) and ceftriaxone showed 100% sensitivity. Resistance to ciprofloxacin was found 2.5% which due to direct consequence of indiscriminate use of antibiotics, either singly or in combination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Ispat General Hospital, Rourketa.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents