ENTERIC FEVER IN A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD DUE TO SALMONELLA-TYPHI RESISTANTTO CHLORAMPHENICOL AND COTRIMOXAZOLE TREATED WITH AMPICILLIN

Authors
ALMUGEIREN MM KAMBAL AM
Citation
Mm. Almugeiren et Am. Kambal, ENTERIC FEVER IN A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD DUE TO SALMONELLA-TYPHI RESISTANTTO CHLORAMPHENICOL AND COTRIMOXAZOLE TREATED WITH AMPICILLIN, Saudi medical journal, 14(1), 1993, pp. 65-66
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Saudi medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03795284
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
65 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-5284(1993)14:1<65:EFIA5C>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a case of enteric fever in a 5-year-old child due to Salmone lla typhi resistant to chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole, successfully treated with ampicillin. The infection was most probably contracted i n India. Clinicians and microbiologists in Saudi Arabia are advised to look out for cases of enteric fever due to multi-resistant strains of Salmonella typhi in nationals from the Indian subcontinent and from t ourists returning from that part of the world.