Subhash C Arya, Nirmala Agarwal, Shekhar Agarwal, Dolly WadhwaSant Parmanand Hospital, Delhi, IndiaEmergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi has been responsible for clinical challenges for clinicians.Recently, frequent isolation and dissemination of fluoroquinolones-resistant strains of S.enterica in Surabaya, royal nomadic 5413 rug Indonesia was in the news.Subsequently, Yangai and colleagues1 recommended regular communications between laboratory professionals and clinicians.
Collaboration between laboratory personnel and clinicians would be essential to offer a rational here empiric antibiotic recipe while awaiting antibiotic susceptibility test results (AST) for any patient.