Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan

We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection o...

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Autores principales: Butt, Tariq, Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem, Mahmood, Abid, Zaidi, Sabeen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14720407
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0912.030230
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author Butt, Tariq
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description We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection of this resistance.
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spelling pubmed-30343232011-02-10 Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan Butt, Tariq Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem Mahmood, Abid Zaidi, Sabeen Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection of this resistance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3034323/ /pubmed/14720407 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0912.030230 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Butt, Tariq
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Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title_full Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title_fullStr Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title_short Ciprofloxacin Treatment Failure in Typhoid Fever Case, Pakistan
title_sort ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever case, pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14720407
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0912.030230
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