ESBL-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Traveler Returning from Guatemala to Spain

Anna Fàbrega
Nuria Piedra-Carrasco
Fernando Salvador
Virginia Rodríguez
Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá
Anna M. Planes
Israel Molina
M. Nieves Larrosa

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Publication date

November 2014

DOI

10.3201/eid2011.140525

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Abstract

We report a case of typhoid fever in a traveler returning to Spain from Guatemala that was caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi which produced an extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL). This finding demonstrates the presence of ESBL-producing S. enterica ser. Typhi strains in the Americas. Enhanced surveillance is necessary to prevent further spread

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ESBL-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Traveler Returning from Guatemala to Spain

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