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. 1987 Aug;25(8):1516–1518. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.8.1516-1518.1987

Bacteremia caused by a lactose-fermenting, multiply resistant Salmonella typhi strain in a patient recovering from typhoid fever.

S L Cohen, B A Wylie, A Sooka, H J Koornhof
PMCID: PMC269260  PMID: 3650270

Abstract

A female patient suffered a typical attack of typhoid fever due to a lactose-negative, fully susceptible Salmonella typhi strain. During convalescence she became febrile, and a lactose-fermenting S. typhi strain resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and trimethoprim was isolated from blood culture. This isolated was shown to harbor a plasmid which cotransferred lactose fermentation and antibiotic resistance.

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