title: [Typhoid fever: relapse due to antimicrobial resistance. Case report].
abstract: We report for the first time in the Brazilian Amazon a typhoid fever patient with clinical and laboratorial resistance to chloramphenicol, drug of election for this disease in our region. The relapse was observed at the 7th day after the end of treatment and the patient was treated with ciprofloxacin.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus, Brasil. walecrim@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Wilson Duarte
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Alecrim
authors.forename: Adalgisa Câmara de Sá Peixoto
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Ricardo Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: Rossicleia Lins
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Monte
authors.forename: Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Lacerda
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002701:Chloramphenicol