Table 2. Characteristics of blood culture-proven Salmonella typhi isolates from 2015 to 2018 (n=598).

Multi drug-resistant Salmonella typhi: resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; Extensively drug-resistant Salmonella typhi: resistant to fluoroquinolones, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and third-generation cephalosporins.

Year	Total Salmonella Typhi isolates n (%)	Multi drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi n (%)	Extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi n (%)
2015	163 (27.25%)	106 (17.72%)	4 (0.66%)
2016	119 (19.9%)	77 (12.87%)	1 (0.16%)
2017	175 (29.26%)	108 (18.06%)	1 (0.16%)
2018	141 (23.57%)	84 (14%)	24 (4.01%)
Total cases	598 (100%)	375 (62.7%)	30 (5.01%)