<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JBM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Biosciences and Medicines</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2327-5081</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/jbm.2023.1111001</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JBM-128835</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Biomedical&amp;Life Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Different Species of &lt;i&gt;Salmonella spp&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Shigella spp&lt;/i&gt; and Their Risk of Infection in N’Djamena Chad
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mahamat</surname><given-names>Tahir N’garé Hassan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ahmat</surname><given-names>Idriss Ahmat</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yacoub</surname><given-names>Mahamat Allamine</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Abakar</surname><given-names>Lawane Idriss</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Allagueryane</surname><given-names>Djimadinan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Abderrazzack</surname><given-names>Adoum Foudda</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ali</surname><given-names>Mahamat Moussa</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"><sup>4</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences des Aliments et Nutrition, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé Humaine (FSSH), Université de N’Djamena, N’Djamena, Tchad</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Laboratoire de Recherche Diagnostics et d’Expertises Scientifiques, Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Prevention, N’Djamena, Tchad</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff4"><addr-line>Services Gastro-Entero-Hépatique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Référence Nationale N’Djaména Tchad, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé Humaine, N’Djaména, Tchad</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff3"><addr-line>Programme Sectoriel de Lutte Contre le Sida, Université Touma&amp;amp;iuml;, N’Djamena, Tchad</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>11</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>11</issue><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>12</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>29,</day>	<month>September</month>	<year>2023</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>30,</day>	<month>October</month>	<year>2023</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>2,</day>	<month>November</month>	<year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  Introduction: 
  <em>Salmonella </em>and 
  <em>Shigella</em> are gram-negative bacilli that are resistant to most antibiotics and play an important role in an etiology of diarrhea disease. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of 
  <em>Salmonella spp</em> and 
  <em>Shigella spp</em> isolated from stool and blood samples in the city of N’Djamena. 
  Materials and Method: This was a prospective study conducted in the four district hospitals of N’Djamena from 14 July 2022 to 31 December 2022. A questionnaire form was drawn up to collect the information sent to the study patients. The samples were analyzed at the CHU de la M&#232;re et de l’Enfant, Labo-Redes laboratory according to their protocols and the standard of the antibiogram committee of the French microbiology society. 
  Results: Of the 803 biological samples analyzed, 39 were positive for 
  <em>Salmonella spp</em> and 
  <em>Shigella spp</em>, including 15 for 
  <em>Salmonella</em> and 24 for Shigella, giving an overall prevalence rate of 4.85%. Borehole water, uncooked food and lack of access to a latrine constitute a risk of being infected by 
  <em>Salmonella spp</em> and 
  <em>Shigella spp </em>species. Of the 8 antibiotics tested, 
  <em>Salmonella spp</em> and 
  <em>Shigella spp</em> strains showed good sensitivity to nalidixic acid (100% for 
  <em>Salmonella</em> and 90 for 
  <em>Shigella</em>) and to ciprofloxacin (90.9% for
  <em> Salmonella</em> and 75% for 
  <em>Shigella</em>). Resistance to ampicillin was found in 81.81% of 
  <em>Salmonella</em> species and 78.57% of
  <em> Shigella</em> species, as was resistance to chloramphenicol (81.81% of 
  <em>Salmonella</em> species and 67.85% of 
  <em>Shigella</em> species). Similarly, cleanliness of the service and equipment is an essential factor in preventing 
  <em>Salmonella </em>and 
  <em>Shigella</em> infections.
 
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