Typhoid fever caused by a typical variants of Salmonella typhi--a preliminary report

In the study carried out from, February, 1996 to January, 1999. 42 (33.9%) a typical variants of S typhi which fermented sucrose were encountered. This variant was identified as of antigenic structure 9, 12, v1, d1 and typed as phage type E1 and Bio type I.