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The emergence of azithromycin resistance in South Asia is concerning, as azithromycin is one of the last effective oral drugs for treating typhoid.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To describe the molecular mechanism and phylogenetics of azithromycin-resistant (AzithR) Salmonella Typhi isolates from Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Whole-genome sequences of three AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi isolates (MIC &amp;gt;256\u2009mg\/L) were analysed and compared with a global collection to investigate the azithromycin resistance mechanism and phylogenetic structure. Clinical information is reported for one of the three patients infected with AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The three AzithR isolates belonged to the H58 lineage and were genetically identical; they were distantly related to contemporaneous S. Typhi from Nepal and AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi recently described in Bangladesh. Azithromycin resistance was mediated by a non-synonymous mutation in the acrB gene (R717L). The three AzithR isolates showed reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (double mutation in the gyrA: S83F and D87G), and were susceptible to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and co-trimoxazole. Clinical information from one patient suggested non-response to azithromycin treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is the first molecular description of AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi in Nepal. These organisms showed no phylogenetic link to AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi in Bangladesh. Our data suggest that increasing use of azithromycin may pose a strong selective pressure driving the emergence of AzithR \u00a0S. Typhi in South Asia. Further investigations are needed to evaluate treatment responses to azithromycin, predict evolutionary trajectories, and track the transmission of these organisms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jacamr\/dlaa109","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,15]],"date-time":"2020-11-15T15:07:03Z","timestamp":1605452823000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["The emergence of azithromycin-resistant\n                    <i>Salmonella<\/i>\n                    Typhi in Nepal"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Pham Thanh","family":"Duy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam"},{"name":"Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, 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