The emergence and outbreak of multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in China

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2016 Jun 22;5(6):e62. doi: 10.1038/emi.2016.62.

Abstract

Typhoid fever remains a severe public health problem in developing countries. The emergence of resistant typhoid, particularly multidrug-resistant typhoid infections, highlights the necessity of monitoring the resistance characteristics of this invasive pathogen. In this study, we report a typhoid fever outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains with an ACSSxtT pattern. Resistance genes conferring these phenotypes were harbored by a large conjugative plasmid, which increases the threat of Salmonella Typhi and thus requires close surveillance for dissemination of strains containing such genes.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • China / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Plasmids
  • Salmonella typhi / drug effects*
  • Salmonella typhi / genetics*
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification
  • Typhoid Fever / epidemiology*
  • Typhoid Fever / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial