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In Pakistan, this risk is especially serious given the emergence of an extensively drug-resistant (XDR)\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    Typhi strain, a strain attributed to\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Typhi acquisition of the\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M-15<\/jats:sub>\n                    gene. The now-dominant XDR\n                    <jats:italic>S.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Typhi strain, non-XDR\n                    <jats:italic>S.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Typhi, and\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M<\/jats:sub>\n                    genes are readily disseminated via drinking water and wastewater in Pakistan and may also be present in biofilm associated with these environmental sources. 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Typhi was detected by PCR in one bulk wastewater sample and one drinking water biofilm.\n                    <jats:italic>Bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M<\/jats:sub>\n                    group 1 genes were detected in all sample types and were detected more frequently in bulk wastewater (n=13\/35) than in drinking water (n=2\/35) and more frequently overall in biofilm samples (n=22\/70) versus bulk water (n=15\/70). Detection of\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M<\/jats:sub>\n                    in biofilm was not significantly associated with detection in the associated bulk water sample. This study marks the first detection of\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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