A 23-year retrospective investigation of Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi isolated in a tertiary Kathmandu hospital.

• Main Authors: Raphaël M Zellweger (Author), Buddha Basnyat (Author), Poojan Shrestha (Author), Krishna G Prajapati (Author), Sabina Dongol (Author), Paban K Sharma (Author), Samir Koirala (Author), Thomas C Darton (Author), Christiane Dolecek (Author), Corinne N Thompson (Author), Guy E Thwaites (Author), Stephen G Baker (Author), Abhilasha Karkey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Salmonella serovars Typhi (S. Typhi) and Paratyphi A (S. Paratyphi A), the causative agents of enteric fever, have been routinely isolated organisms from the blood of febrile patients in the Kathmandu Valley since the early 1990s. Susceptibility against commonly used antimicrobials for treating ente...