TY - JOUR AU - Tarana, Mst Naznin AU - Shumu, Samshad Jahan AU - Khanam, Rashida Akter AU - Jahan, Hosne AU - Sarker, Soma AU - Bhowmic, Devolina AU - Sarwar, Sharmin PY - 2019/04/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern for Salmonella Typhi isolated from blood in Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka JF - Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College JA - J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3329/jssmc.v10i2.41168 UR - https://banglajol.info/index.php/JSSMC/article/view/41168 SP - 96-98 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Typhoid fever remains a public health concern in developing countries. Antibiotic therapy constitutes the mainstay of management and multidrug resistant Salmonella spp has been emerged as a major public health concern.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study was done to evaluate antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of Salmonella typhi isolated from blood in Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The retrospective study was done from January 2017 to December 2017 at microbiology laboratory, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College. A total of 367 samples, 30 isolates of Salmonella typhi obtained from blood culture. Both the indoor and outdoor patients were enrolled in this study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During one year study period, total 367 cases were enrolled and the prevalence of Salmonella typhi was 30 (8.2 %). Among them (56.1%) were male with a male to female ratio 1.27:1. The bulk (50.1%) cases were in the age group of 15-30 years, 14.4% cases were in less than 15 years and 6.5% cases were in more than 60 years of age. Regarding antibiotic sensitivity pattern, 70% strains were sensitive to amikacin, 73.33% to azithromycin, 63.33% to ceftazidime, 66.66% to ceftriaxone, 86.66% to ciprofloxacin and 70% were nalidixic acid resistant Salmonella typhi.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Ciprofloxacin may be used to treat typhoid fever cases and Ceftriaxone, azithromycin may be used as alternative drugs if they are found susceptible in culture and sensitivity testing.</p><p>J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, December 2018, Vol.10(2); 96-98</p> ER -