First case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid

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First case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Australia diagnosed by Sydney doctors

Doctors in Sydney have treated the first ever case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Australia.

The case, which involves a 20-month-old girl who had travelled overseas with her family, has alarmed experts

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Dr Phillip Britton, Westmead Children's Hospital
Professor Raina MacIntyre, Head of the Biosecurity Research Program, Kirby Institute

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