Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in a pregnant traveller returning from Karachi, Pakistan to Denmark, 2019.

Authors :: Engsbro AL
Riis Jespersen HS
Goldschmidt MI
Mollerup S
Worning P
Pedersen MS
Westh H
Schneider UV
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2019 May; Vol. 24 (21).
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: We describe a ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi bacteraemia in a pregnant woman returning from a family visit in Pakistan. Whole genome sequencing confirmed similarity to a Pakistani outbreak clone. Pregnancy and unawareness of this outbreak delayed appropriate antibiotic therapy. Concurrently, we detected faecal carriage of a carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli. Awareness of the ongoing outbreak should affect empiric treatment of typhoid fever and hygiene precautions in travellers returning from Pakistan. Meropenem may be warranted in severe cases.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 24
Issue :: 21
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 31138366
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.21.1900289

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