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Clinicians, there is an outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid fever in Pakistan that does not respond to most antibiotics. Travelers should be vaccinated against typhoid fever before leaving the United States. Always ask patients about upcoming and recent travel, and keep typhoid fever in mind when treating patients with fever & diarrhea or constipation.

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