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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2020

Antimicrobial Resistance in Typhoidal Salmonella: Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project, 2016-2019.

Farah N Qamar, Mohammad T Yousafzai, Irum F Dehraj, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad J Hunzai, Rozina S Thobani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood and 8 more

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Longevity of immune response after a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine against Salmonella Typhi among children in Hyderabad, Pakistan.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Farah N QamarDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mohammad T YousafzaiDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Irum F DehrajDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sadia ShakoorDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Seema IrfanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aneeta HotwaniDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad J HunzaiDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Rozina S ThobaniDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Najeeb RahmanDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Junaid MehmoodDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Caitlin HemlockApplied Epidemiology, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Ashraf M MemonKharadar General Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jason R AndrewsInfectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Stephen P LubyInfectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Denise O GarrettApplied Epidemiology, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Ashley T LongleyNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kashmira DateNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Samir K SahaChild Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Bangladesh.
Aga Khan University · PKSabin Vaccine Institute · USStanford University · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USChild Health Research Foundation · BDKharadar General Hospital · PKThe Centers · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinicians have limited therapeutic options for enteric as a result of increasing antimicrobial resistance, and therefore typhoid vaccination is recommended as a preventive measure. As a part of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP), we investigated the extent measured the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among confirmed enteric fever cases in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan.

methodsFrom September 2016-September 2019, SEAP recruited study participants of all age groups from its outpatient, inpatient, hospital laboratory, laboratory network, and surgical sites who had a diagnosis of febrile illness that was either suspected or blood culture confirmed for enteric fever. Antimicrobial resistance of isolates was determined by disc diffusion using Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute cut-off points. We reported the frequency of multidrug resistance (MDR)(resistance to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole, and chloramphenicol), extensive drug resistance (XDR) (MDR plus non-susceptible to fluoroquinolone and any 3rd generation cephalosporins), and fluoroquinolone (FQ) and azithromycin non-susceptibility.

resultsWe enrolled 8,705 blood culture confirmed enteric fever cases: 4,873 (56%) from Bangladesh, 1,602 (18%) from Nepal and 2,230 (26%) from Pakistan. Of these, 7,591 (87%) were Salmonella Typhi and 1114 (13%) were S. Paratyphi. MDR S. Typhi was identified in 17% (701/4065) of isolates in Bangladesh, and 1% (19/1342) in Nepal. In Pakistan, 16 % (331/2084) of S. Typhi isolates were MDR, and 64% (1319/2074) were XDR. FQ nonsusceptibility among S. Typhi isolates was 98% in Bangladesh, 87% in Nepal, and 95% in Pakistan. Azithromycin non-susceptibility was detected in 77 (2%) in Bangladesh, 9 (.67%) in Nepal and 9 (.59%) isolates in Pakistan. In Pakistan, three (2%) S. Paratyphi isolates were MDR; no MDR S. Paratyphi was reported from Bangladesh or Nepal.

conclusionsAlthough AMR against S. Paratyphi was low across the three countries, there was widespread drug resistance among S. Typhi, including FQ non-susceptibility and the emergence of XDR S. Typhi in Pakistan, limiting treatment options. As typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is rolled out, surveillance should continue to monitor changes in AMR to inform policies and to monitor drug resistance in S. Paratyphi, for which there is no vaccine.

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Typhoid FeverAnti-Bacterial AgentsBangladeshDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNepalPakistanSalmonella paratyphi ASalmonella typhiAnti-Bacterial Agentsantimicrobial resistanceAsiaenteric feverextensive drug resistancemultidrug resistance

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