Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly antibiotic resistant – study

Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly antibiotic resistant – study Typhoid-causing bacteria have become increasingly antibiotic resistant and have spread widely over the past three decades, a new study has suggested.

The largest genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) also reveals that resistant strains – almost all originating in south Asia – have spread to other countries nearly 200 times since 1990. The Independent

See also:

• The international and intercontinental spread and expansion of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella Typhi: a genomic epidemiology study (open access) The Lancet Microbe