MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE IN SALMONELLA TYPHI ISOLATED FROM DRINKING WATER IN AMRAVATI

摘要

Waterborne infections are most common cause of mortality in underdeveloped and developing countries, and 80% of the infectious diseases are waterborne in India. There is problem of multiple drug resistant in Salmonella typhi in drinking water due to improper and indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the treatment. Therefore, attempt was made to isolate Salmonella typhi from different sources of drinking water and to find out its antibiotic sensitivity to prescribe correct treatment to the typhoid patients in Amravati. A total of 1000 water samples from various sources such as tube wells (340), open wells (340) and hotels and restaurants (320) were analyzed for the conform water contamination and 96 strains of Salmonella typhi were isolated and observed. Most of the strains of Salmonella species were sensitive to norfloxacin; ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, kanamycin, streptomyvcin, ceftazidime and chloramphenicol, and resistant to linezolid, gatifloxacin, amoxyclav, cefepime, ampicillin, nalidixic acid and co-trimoxazole.