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Table 1 Non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars and multidrug resistance in children attending Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Ghana

From: Characterization of Salmonella enterica from invasive bloodstream infections and water sources in rural Ghana

NTS serovars

Frequency (%) N = 165

MDR n/N (%)

S. Typhimurium

115 (70)

76/113 (67)

S. Enteritidis

13 (8)

0/12 (0)

S. Dublin

8 (5)

1/6 (17)

S. Heidelberg

1 (1)

0/1 (0)

S. Rostock

1 (1)

0/1 (0)

S. Stanleyville

1 (1)

0/1 (0)

S. Virchow

1 (1)

0/1 (0)

Other serovarsa

25 (15)

18/28 (64)

  1. Abbreviations: NTS non-typhoidal Salmonella, MDR n/N Multi-drug resistance in ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and chloramphenicol (data not available for all samples)
  2. aserovar unknown due to loss of isolate
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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