Multidrug-ResistantSalmonella enterica, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica, Democratic Republic of the Congo

remains to be clarifi ed. However, our previous hypothesis that prenatal or perinatal transient infection was an unlikely mode of virus acquisition needs to be modifi ed because PARV4 infection in newborns has recently been demonstrated (10). Although we lacked IgM and IgG serologic data to interpret our fi ndings, our study suggests that PARV4 genotype 3 infection might be characterized by vir...

Democratic Republic of Congo

Programme outcome: The IFRC 2010 support strategy and plan for the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Red Cross of DRC) was based on the National Society’s (NS) 20092013 Strategic Development Plan and was designed to help the NS provide vulnerable communities with life-saving first aid, clean water and sanitation, health and hygiene promotion, HIV/AIDS support, sexual and gender bas...

Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Invasive Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Infections, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007–2011

Infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 313 is associated with high rates of drug resistance, bloodstream infections, and death. To determine whether ST313 is dominant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we studied 180 isolates collected during 2007-2011; 96% belonged to CRISPOL type CT28, which is associated with ST313.

An outbreak of peritonitis caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhi in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Between October 2004 and January 2005, 144 patients with peritonitis were admitted to the surgical wards of Kinshasa General Hospital and a few private city clinics. 63 patients (44%) underwent surgical intervention because of intestinal perforation consistent with typhoid fever; the case fatality rate was 53%. The majority of patients had received a course of first-line antibiotics such as chl...