Abstract

Genotypic analysis of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar typhi, Kenya

Kariuki S, Gilks C, Revathi G, Hart CA
Emerg Infect Dis. 2000;6

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We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug- susceptible isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.