Epidemiology of salmonellosis and its sensitivity in Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 43(9): 178-9, 1993 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Over the past five years 25,000 blood cultures were screened for septicaemia. Of these 6.7% were positive for salmonella species, the commonest being salmonella typhi accounting for 92% of total salmonella isolates. Over the years, S. typhi showed a gradual decline ranging from 96.7 to 87%. While salmonella paratyphi A has shown a gradual increase ranging from 2.5% to 11.4%. Salmonellosis peaked in the year 1990 suggesting an epidemic. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern showed a gradual increase in resistance over the years and even resistance to the new quinolones has emerged. Thus salmonellosis poses a major threat to the community and we must look into the alternative antibiotics to combat the threat.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Salmonella
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Bacteriemia
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pak Med Assoc
Año:
1993
Tipo del documento:
Article