Salmonella causing bloodstream infections in central Africa resistant to nearly all drugs
The first extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Salmonella Typhimurium, a pathogen which is responsible for millions of bloodstream infections per year in sub-Saharan Africa, have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Drug-resistance has increased in successive groups of S. Typhimurium over time.
These new strains are resistant to all but one of the commonly available drugs in the DRC, with one sample showing reduced susceptibility to this final antibiotic.