First XDR typhoid is on the verge of being untreatable, spreading globally

Enlarge / A photomicrograph of Salmonella typhi bacteria using a Gram-stain technique. (credit: CDC) A tenacious epidemic of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Pakistan is just one small genetic step away from becoming untreatable—and health experts expect it to spread worldwide. “It’s a global concern at this point,” Dr. Eric Mintz, an epidemiologist at the […]