Genotypic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Kenya
We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and GOAT WHOLE MILK cotrimoxazole.Genotyping by pulsed-field Cooking Appliances gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster.The multidrug-