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ArticleScientific reports2025

Antimicrobial susceptibility trends of S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi in a post-COVID-19 pandemic India, from a multicenter surveillance network.

Nikhil Sahai, Jobin John Jacob, Dilesh Kumar Arunachalam, Bimal Kumar Das, Arti Kapil, Sangeeta Pandey, Shanta Dutta, Debjit Chakraborty, Arunima Sen Gupta, Madhu Gupta and 15 more

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Nikhil SahaiDepartment of Community Health, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Jobin John JacobDepartment of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Dilesh Kumar ArunachalamDepartment of Community Health, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Bimal Kumar DasDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Arti KapilDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sangeeta PandeyDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Shanta DuttaICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata, India.
Debjit ChakrabortyEpidemiology Division, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata, India.
Arunima Sen GuptaBacteriology Division, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata, India.
Madhu GuptaSchool of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Adarsh BansalSchool of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Bhavini ShahNeuberg Supratech Reference Laboratories, Ahmedabad, India.
Veena IyerDepartment of Public Health Programme, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India.
Chinjal PanchalNeuberg Supratech Reference Laboratories, Ahmedabad, India.
Shariqa QureshiDivision of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.
Karnika SaigalDivision of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.
Diganta SaikiaDepartment of Pediatric Medicine, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.
Deepika GuptaDivision of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.
Savitha NagarajDepartment of Microbiology, St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
Sanju JoseDepartment of Microbiology, St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
Maria ThomasDepartment of Microbiology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Sangeetha MohanDepartment of Microbiology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Balaji VeeraraghavanDepartment of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Gagandeep KangWellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Jacob JohnDepartment of Community Health, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India. jacob@cmcsph.org.

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation INV-009497-OPP1159351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a multicenter surveillance study to identify changes in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella Typhi and S. Paratyphi in India since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We collected S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi isolates from blood or bone marrow culture-confirmed enteric fever cases at eight sites in seven cities across India between 2021 and 2024. We tested the antibiotic susceptibility of 1150 S. Typhi isolates and 265 S. Paratyphi isolates via disc diffusion and determined their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of ceftriaxone and azithromycin via broth dilution. We identified 18 S. Typhi isolates from Ahmedabad that were resistant to ceftriaxone, indicating a larger emergence of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant S. Typhi in Western India with a novel plasmid profile. Furthermore, we observed yearly increases in the mean, median and 90th percentile of azithromycin MICs for S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi isolates throughout India between 2021 and 2023. Finally, we found that only 0.70% of S. Typhi isolates and 1.13% of S. Paratyphi isolates exhibited susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Our results indicate the necessity for a shift from ciprofloxacin in the treatment of enteric fever, and the importance of implementing long-term monitoring of resistance to alternative antibiotics such as azithromycin and ceftriaxone.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCOVID-19Salmonella paratyphi ASalmonella typhiTyphoid FeverAzithromycinCeftriaxoneDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansIndiaMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPandemicsParatyphoid FeverSARS-CoV-2Anti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinCeftriaxoneAntimicrobial resistanceEnteric feverParatyphiParatyphoid feverTyphiTyphoid fever

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PMCPMC12012095

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