Treatment failure in a typhoid patient infected with nalidixic acid resistant S. enterica serovar Typhi with reduced susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin: a case report from Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Fluoroquinolones or third generation cephalosporins are the drugs of choice for the treatment of typhoid fever. Treatment failure with fluoroquinolones has been reported in Asia and Europe. We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever in Cameroon. CASE PRESENTATIO...

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Autores principales: Nkemngu, Njinkeng J, Asonganyi, Etienne DN, Njunda, Anna L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1184073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15969764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-49

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1184073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15969764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-49

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