Two cases with extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi infection returning from Pakistan

Nobuaki Tsuyama; Naoki Okawa; Emiri Muranaka; Haruki Mito; Yuuichi Oshimoto; Yasunobu Endo; Ryota Hase

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2024.11.018

Two cases with extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi infection returning from Pakistan

J Infect Chemother. 2024 Nov 28:S1341-321X(24)00315-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2024.11.018. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Nobuaki Tsuyama¹, Naoki Okawa¹, Emiri Muranaka², Haruki Mito², Yuuichi Oshimoto³, Yasunobu Endo³, Ryota Hase⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan; Department of Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan; Department of Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39613102
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2024.11.018

Abstract

We report two cases of patients with extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi infection who had recently traveled to Pakistan. These cases suggest that obtaining a detailed travel history and considering the epidemiology of drug-resistant S. Typhi in the suspected area of acquisition is crucial for managing patients with typhoid fever.

Keywords: Extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi; Pakistan; Salmonella Typhi; Visiting friends and relatives.

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