EMERGING SUPER BUG- A CASE OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT COMPLICATED SALMONELLOSIS
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Typhoid fever, a common infectious disease may present with only a febrile illness or with various life threatening intestinal as well as extraintestinal complications. Resistance to multiple antibiotics including 3rd generation cephalosporins is emerging and posing serious health problems. We report a case of Typhoid fever who presented with high grade fever, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis, myocarditis and milliary nodules in the lung. Salmonella Typhi isolated from bone marrow showed resistance to multiple drugs.
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Dr Namesh Kamat, Dr Jessica Pereira, Dr Carmen Pereira, Cyrus Pereira
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