Molecular typing of Salmonella typhi strains from Dhaka (Bangladesh) and development of DNA probes identifying plasmid-encoded multidrug-resistant isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1373-1379

  Hermans, Peter W M ^a   Saha, Samir K ^b   Van Leeuwen, Wijnanda J ^c   Verbrugh, Henry A ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Goessens, Wil H F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; DRUG MIXTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0029977294     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1373-1379.1996     Document Type: Article

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