Chloramphenicol resistant typhoid fever
De Silva, H.J.; Wijewickrema, R.; Thevanesam, V.
Ceylon Medical Journal 38(1): 33-34
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-0875 PMID: 8477491 Document Number: 414434
We report a patient with typhoid fever caused by a strain of Salmonella typhi which was resistant to chloramphenicol. This is the first documentation of chloramphenicol resistant Salmonella typhi in Sri Lanka.
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