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Case Reports
. 2003 Dec;9(12):1621-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid0912.030230.

Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever case, Pakistan

Tariq Butt  1 , Rifat Nadeem Ahmad, Abid Mahmood, Sabeen Zaidi
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Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever case, Pakistan

Tariq Butt et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

We report a case of ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This case shows not only the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in typhoid salmonellae but also the inadequacy of the current laboratory guidelines for detection of this resistance.

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