A new online resource gives the public health community the power to track antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi), the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, using genomic sequencing.

Prior to the advent of antimicrobial therapy, case fatality rates for typhoid fever exceeded 20% in many areas, since untreated disease led to complications such as intestinal perforation. In 1948, ...

Salmonella Typhi strains in South Asia show a rising resistance to key antibiotics XDR Typhi emerged rapidly in Pakistan, replacing less resistant strains International and intercontinental transfers ...

The bacteria causing typhoid fever is becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The ...

More often than not, the experience for patients with a fever is to get tested and treated for a typhoid infection. The test is a rapid blood test called the Widal test. The subsequent treatment ...

Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is a bacterial infection with the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. It is usually spread through food or drink that has been contaminated with ...