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ReviewOpen forum infectious diseases2026

Azithromycin Resistance in Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi Across South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Aftab Ullah, Asif Jan, Muhammad Shabil, Haiqa Sayyed, Muhammad Mustafa Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq, Abdur Rahim, Daniel Dubwa

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Review in Open forum infectious diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Aftab UllahDepartment of Pharmacy, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.ORCID 0009-0009-9375-9705
Asif JanDistrict Headquarters Hospital, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3880-5579
Muhammad ShabilFaculty of Pharmacy, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Haiqa SayyedKhyber Medical College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
Muhammad Mustafa KhanKhyber Medical College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
Muhammad AkhlaqDepartment of Pharmacy, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
Abdur RahimCECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
Daniel DubwaDepartment of Pharmacy, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0009-0005-5055-0427

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Azithromycin is a frontline oral treatment for uncomplicated enteric fever in South Asia; however, emerging resistance in

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antimicrobial resistanceazithromycin resistanceSalmonella ParatyphiSalmonella TyphiSouth Asia

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PMID42780551
PMCPMC13598339

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