Genotypic analysis of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, Kenya

Authors
Kariuki, S Gilks, C Revathi, G Hart, CA
Citation
S. Kariuki et al., Genotypic analysis of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, Kenya, EM INFECT D, 6(6), 2000, pp. 649-651
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
649 - 651
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200011/12)6:6<649:GAOMSE>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to S almonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, ch[ oramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field g el electrophoresis of Xbal-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluste r. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug-susceptibl e isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.