Increased isolation of Salmonella Typhi among returnees from India and Southeast Asia, April-May 2000
(IASR 2000; 21: 117-117)

During April to early May 2000, isolation of Salmonella Typhi has been increased among travelers returned from India and Southeast Asia. Seventeen patients with typhoid fever are reported in Japan. All of them have episodes of international trip, and India and Southeast Asia are main countries they visited. Most of these patients are 20's and they are supposed to be infected during spring vacation trip.

Phage type E1 is dominat for these S. Typhi isolates, especially from India. It is noteworthy that these isolates are resistant against ampicillin and chloramphenicol, and often refractory with new quinolones, which are currently first choice antibiotics for treatment of typhoid and paratyphoid fever.

Reported by Kenji Hirose, Kazumichi Tamura, and Haruo Watanabe, Dept. of Bacteriology, NIID

Correspondence: Kenji Hirose;
Email: hirosek@nih.go.jp
Fax: +81-3-5285-1163
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