Current Antibiotics Resistance Patterns of Salmonella typhi in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  • Salman Ahmad 1: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Pakistan 2: 2Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Salman Public Health Laboratory Division, National Institute of Health Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Arshid Malik Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Umair Department Medical of Lab Technology, University of Haripur, Pakistan
  • Parsa Rehman Department of Health & Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Muddasir Khan Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/cto.22.05
Keywords: antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial susceptibility, Salmonella typhi, typhoid fever

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Salmonella infection is most common in developing countries. In the current study, the prevalence and resistance pattern of Salmonella typhi from April, 2021 to March, 2022 in District Peshawar, Pakistan was identified/traced. Out of a total of 210 patients, 89 (43%) were found positive for S. typhi. Of these, 47 (52.8%) were men and 42 (47.2%) were women. The current study was conducted in four different sessions. It showed that nalidixic acid is the leading resistant drug. No significant differences were observed in antibiotics resistance with respect to age and gender (p≥0.05). To conclude, highly observed prevalence of S. typhi is a serious health concern. It was also concluded that season has no effect on the resistance pattern

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Published
2023-02-21
How to Cite
Ahmad, S., Salman, M., Muhammad Arshid Malik, Umair, M., Rehman, P., & Khan, M. (2023). Current Antibiotics Resistance Patterns of Salmonella typhi in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Current Trends in OMICS, 2(2), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.32350/cto.22.05
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Vol 2 No 2 (2022): Fall
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