Typhoid is becoming more antibiotic-resistant and spreading across the world

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For centuries Typhoid fever has been one of the most feared infectious diseases. Today, in developed countries, it is often perceived as a...

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While humanity thought it had definitely locked up one of its oldest tormentors, the latter has just escaped with a new set of keys. Typhoid fever, far from admitting to being defeated by modern medicine, carries out a mutation worthy of an espionage scenario. Learning to hack the defenses of our most [...]

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Scientists are sounding the alarm: the last option for oral treatment could soon disappear. Typhoid fever is caused by the bacteria Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. If left untreated, it can be fatal in up to 20% of cases. In 2024, more than 13 million cases were reported worldwide, writes Il Messaggero. Until now, antibiotics were the only effective treatment. The problem is that the bacteria have learned to bypass them. In the last thirty y…

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The bacterium responsible for this thousand-year-old disease — Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi — develops increasing resistance to available antibiotic treatments, to the point of threatening the entire oral therapeutic arsenal. International researchers are drawing attention to the ... Read more The article Typhoid fever develops antibiotic resistance at an alarming rate has appeared first on Fredzone.