Treatment failure in case of typhoid fever imported from India to Czech Republic, December 2008 - January 2009

L Lukáčová; I Orságová; A Zjevíková; E Chmelařová

doi:10.2807/ese.14.07.19122-en

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Treatment failure in case of typhoid fever imported from India to Czech Republic, December 2008 - January 2009
L Lukáčová¹ , I Orságová¹ , A Zjevíková¹ , E Chmelařová²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic ² Regional Institute of Public Health, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Correspondence:
L Lukáčová
lubomira.lukacova email.cz
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Citation style for this article: Lukáčová L, Orságová I, Zjevíková A, Chmelařová E. Treatment failure in case of typhoid fever imported from India to Czech Republic, December 2008 - January 2009 . Euro Surveill. 2009;14(7):pii=19122. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.07.19122-en Received: 16 Feb 2009

Abstract

In this report we describe a case of typhoid fever in a Czech patient with history of travel to India and discuss antibiotic treatment failure which led to the relapse of fever.