Description
India carries the highest burden of Enteric Fever in the world. This is further aggravated by the high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in typhoidal Salmonellae. The strategy to combat resistance has been to combine and cycle anti-microbials based on the regional AMR pattern of the organism. But this requires that resistance patterns and genetic mechanisms are mapped at a regional level and regularly recorded and disseminated by a national surveillance system.
Objective: To report on (i) the health care eco-system that produces data on AMR, and (ii) pattern of resistance in typhoidal Salmonellae isolates in the city of Ahmedabad in western India.