Abstract
Response to Letter to the Editor: Typhoid fever in Pakistan: a recurrent challenge?
Highlights
Vigilance should be maintained by treating physicians in known hotspots for typhoid fever (TF) to confirm the sensitivity of a patient's specimen to the prescribed antibiotic
To use a football analogy, we need to stay in a game in which the goal posts are constantly moving
This extreme task requires commitment by individual hospitals and concerted effort by local health authorities. This process should be orchestrated as an ongoing public health response at regional and national levels, with provision for data collection of notified cases of MDR and XDR S
Summary
Taylor-Robinson College of Health Sciences, Vin University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Saima Mohsin Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan. S. Typhi is constantly evolving to evade the twin threats of the human immune response and antibiotic treatment.
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