Multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella associated with invasive disease in western Kenya.

• Main Authors: Adam Akullian (Author), Joel M Montgomery (Author), Grace John-Stewart (Author), Samuel I Miller (Author), Hillary S Hayden (Author), Matthew C Radey (Author), Kyle R Hager (Author), Jennifer R Verani (Author), John Benjamin Ochieng (Author), Jane Juma (Author), Jim Katieno (Author), Barry Fields (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Allan Audi (Author), Judd Walson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a leading cause of bloodstream infections in Africa, but the various contributions of host susceptibility versus unique pathogen virulence factors are unclear. We used data from a population-based surveillance platform (population ~25,000) between 2007-2014 and NTS...