TY - JOUR AU - Octavia, Sophie AU - Chew, Ka Lip AU - Lin, Raymond T. AU - Teo, Jeanette W. T1 - Azithromycin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi AcrB-R717Q/L, Singapore T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 624 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Global travel has led to intermittent importation of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi into industrialized countries. We detected azithromycin-resistant Salmonella Typhi in Singapore, of which 2 isolates were likely locally acquired. Ongoing vigilance and surveillance to minimize the public health risk for this serious pathogen is needed. KW - Salmonella enterica KW - bacteria KW - serovar Typhi KW - AcrB-R717Q/L KW - azithromycin KW - azithromycin-resistant isolates KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - typhoid fever KW - Singapore DO - 10.3201/eid2702.203874 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-3874_article ER - End of Reference