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Treatment of enteric fever in children on the basis of current trends of antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and paratyphi A.

AbstractPURPOSE:
Recent reports indicate decreased susceptibility of S. typhi to fluoroquinolones, especially ciprofloxacin. Chloramphenicol has been suggested as first line therapy of enteric fever in many studies. This is a prospective study that describes the trends of antimicrobial susceptibility of S. typhi and S. paratyphi A causing bacteraemia in children and reports therapeutic failure to ciprofloxacin and evaluates the possible use of chloramphenicol, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin and third generation cephalosporins as first line therapy in the treatment of enteric fever in children.
METHODS:
The present study was conducted from April 2004 to March 2005 in a superspeciality children hospital at New Delhi. A total of 56 S. typhi and five S. paratyphi A isolates were obtained among the 673 blood cultures performed. Antimicrobial testing was done using disk diffusion technique (NCCLS method) for 13 antimicrobials and MICs were calculated for ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol and cefotaxime. Analysis of data was done using WHONET software.
RESULTS:
All 56 isolates of S. typhi were sensitive to amoxycillin+clavulanate, gentamicin, cefixime, cefotaxime and ceftazidime. Multidrug resistance (MDR, resistance to three drugs) was seen in 22 cases (39%) and resistance to five drugs was seen in 12 cases (21%). Only two isolates were resistant to chloramphenicol (3%). MIC 90 for ampicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime were 1.0 microg/ml, 4.0 microg/ml, 64 microg/ml and 0.125 microg/ml respectively. All S. paratyphi A isolates were sensitive to ampicillin and chloramphenicol and resistant to nalidixic acid. MIC distribution data for chloramphenicol revealed elevated MIC but still in susceptible range.
CONCLUSIONS:
There is an urgent need for further clinical studies to evaluate response to chloramphenicol in such cases. Antimicrobial susceptibility data and MIC distribution favour use of ampicillin as a drug of choice for the treatment of enteric fever. Third generation cephalosporins are also useful but their use should be restricted for complicated cases.
AuthorsV Manchanda, P Bhalla, M Sethi, V K Sharma
JournalIndian journal of medical microbiology (Indian J Med Microbiol) Vol. 24 Issue 2 Pg. 101-6 (Apr 2006) ISSN: 0255-0857 [Print] United States
PMID16687859 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Culture Media
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Ampicillin
Topics
  • Ampicillin (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Bacteremia (drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Blood (microbiology)
  • Cephalosporins (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chloramphenicol (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Culture Media
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Salmonella paratyphi A (drug effects, isolation & purification)
  • Salmonella typhi (drug effects, isolation & purification)
  • Typhoid Fever (drug therapy, microbiology)

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