An outbreak of peritonitis caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

JJ Muyembe-Tamfum; J Veyi; M Kaswa; O Lunguya; J Verhaegen; M Boelaert

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.12.006

An outbreak of peritonitis caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

JJ Muyembe-Tamfum, J Veyi, M Kaswa, O Lunguya, J Verhaegen, M Boelaert

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Original language	English
Journal	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume	7
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	40-43
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1477-8939
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.12.006
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi
Peritonitis
Outbreak
Clinical management
Multidrug resistance
Case fatality rates
Diagnosis delay
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

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