Changing Trends of Culture-positive Typhoid Fever and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in a Tertiary Care North Indian Hospital over the Last Decade

Abstract

We found that the most common etiological agent of enteric fever is S. Typhi causing the majority of cases from July to October in our region. MIC to ceftriaxone in typhoidal salmonellae is creeping towards resistance and more data are needed to understand the azithromycin susceptibility.