Salmonella Typhi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fluoroquinolone Decreased Susceptibility on the Rise

Octavie Lunguya; Veerle Lejon; Marie-France Phoba; Sophie Bertrand; Raymond Vanhoof; Jan Verhaegen; Anthony Marius Smith; Karen Helena Keddy; Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum; Jan Jacobs

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001921

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Salmonella Typhi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fluoroquinolone Decreased Susceptibility on the Rise

Octavie Lunguya,

Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Veerle Lejon ,

* E-mail: vlejon@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Marie-France Phoba,

Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Sophie Bertrand,

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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Raymond Vanhoof,

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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Jan Verhaegen,

Affiliation University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Anthony Marius Smith,

Affiliation Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Karen Helena Keddy,

Affiliation Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum,

Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Jan Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Salmonella Typhi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fluoroquinolone Decreased Susceptibility on the Rise

Octavie Lunguya,
Veerle Lejon,
Marie-France Phoba,
Sophie Bertrand,
Raymond Vanhoof,
Jan Verhaegen,
Anthony Marius Smith,
Karen Helena Keddy,
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum,
Jan Jacobs

Published: November 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001921

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