Multidrug-resistant typhoid in children: presentation and clinical features
Bhutta ZA;Naqvi SH;Razzaq RA;Farooqui BJ;;
reviews of infectious diseases1970Vol. 13pp. -
232
za1970reviewsmultidrug-resistant
Abstract
Typhoid accounts for 8% of pediatric admissions to the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Over a 4-year period (1986-1989), 355 children had typhoid documented by culture of blood or bone marrow. Strains of Salmonella, resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfam …