The anatomy of an epidemic (the final report on an epidemic of multidrug resistant enteric fever in eastern India).

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dc.contributor.authorAnand, A Cen_US
dc.date.accessioned1993-01-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T03:21:48Z
dc.date.available1993-01-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T03:21:48Z
dc.date.issued1993-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractTwo hundred and forty two patients of enteric fever were treated at Command Hospital (EC) Calcutta, during the period 1989-90. The mean age of the patients was 28.4 (range 2-60) years and 119 (49.2%) of them were males. Fever (100%), headache (55%), diarrhoea (25.2%), intestinal bleeding (2.9%) and icterus (3.7%) were the main presenting features. Blood cultures were positive in 216 (%) patients. A majority of the isolates were found to be resistant to all four commonly used drugs for enteric fever i.e. chloramphenicol, ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and furazolidone. The commonest phage type found in the resistant strains was 51 (biotype-1). Two plasmids of 14 and 120 kd size were detected in the resistant strains but not in the sensitive strains. Clinical response to gentamicin was not satisfactory in spite of all strains showing in vitro sensitivity. Ciprofloxacin proved to be a safe and effective drug for the treatment of multidrug resistant enteric fever.en_US
dc.description.affiliationArmed Forces Medical College, Pune.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAnand AC. The anatomy of an epidemic (the final report on an epidemic of multidrug resistant enteric fever in eastern India). Tropical Gastroenterology. 1993 Jan-Mar; 14(1): 21-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/124227
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tropicalgastro.comen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshDrug Resistance, Microbialen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshSalmonella typhi --drug effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshTyphoid Fever --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleThe anatomy of an epidemic (the final report on an epidemic of multidrug resistant enteric fever in eastern India).en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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