Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya

Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya

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We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Wooden Baby Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole.Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single MAYAN MAGIC BALM cluster.The multidrug-resistant S.

Typhi were related to earlier drug-susceptible isolates but were unrelated to multidrug-resistant isolates from Asia.