Abstract:
This study was carried out in National Health Laboratory, Elbuluk
Hospital and Ibrahim Malik Hospital at Khartoum state, during August to
October 2005. The study was done to evaluate the in vitro activity of
chloramphenicol against Salmonella typhi(S.typhi), which cause typhoid
fever.
Three hundered stool samples were collected from males (84%) and
females (16%). Cultivation of these samples on enriched and/or selective
media yielded isolation of four strains of S.typhi, and twenty five strain of
Salmonella paratyphi B (S.paratyphi B).
In this study all the S.typhi and S.paratyphi B were sensitive 100%to
chloramphenicol.
