Typhoid-causing bacteria have become more resistant to essential antibiotics, spreading widely over past 30 years
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22 June 2022Typhoid-causing bacteria have become more resistant to essential antibiotics, spreading widely over past 30 years
Bacteria causing typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The largest genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. typhi) also reveals that resistant strains—almost all originating in South Asia—have spread to other countries nearly 200 times since 1990.
