Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella Isolates at Tertiary Care Hospital, Ahmedabad

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Trends in Salmonella enterica Isolates - A 6 Year Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

“…This could be due to our cultural background where men are more likely to report to the hospital; at the same time they are more likely to acquire infection due to more outdoor activities. This correlates with the studies of Singhal et al and Prajapati et al [10,34] Although the disease occurred throughout the year, there was an increase from May to September months. This is in concordance with other reports from India which have related increased transmission to rainfall and water contamination.…”

“…Similar incidence was reported by Prajapati et al (2.55%); on the other hand higher rates were reported by Maheshwari et al (9.81%). [34,35] The lower rates of blood-culture-positive enteric fever might be due to the use of antibiotics prior to the blood culture and low blood volume used for culture (10 ml for adult and 5 ml for children). However, we did not evaluate the prior antibiotic consumption by the patients before enrolment.…”