Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and molecular typing of salmonella typhi isolated from patients with typhoid fever in Lebanon

• Main Authors: Souha S. Kanj (Author), Zeina A. Kanafani (Author), Marwa Shehab (Author), Nisreen Sidani (Author), Tania Baban (Author), Kedak Baltajian (Author), Ghenwa K. Dakdouki (Author), Mohamad Zaatari (Author), George F. Araj (Author), Rima Hanna Wakim (Author), Ghassan Dbaibo (Author), Ghassan M. Matar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this study was to examine the epidemiology and the clinical manifestations of typhoid fever as well as the susceptibility and strain relatedness of Salmonella typhi isolates in Lebanon from 2006 to 2007. A total of 120 patients with typhoid fever were initially identified from vario...