Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella typhi from two outbreaks: Few ribotypes and IS200 types harbor Inc HI1 plasmids

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Fica, Alberto ^a   Fernandez Beros, Maria Elena ^a   Aron Hott, Lieselotte ^a   Rivas, Ana ^a   D'Ottone, Karin ^b   Chumpitaz, Jorge ^c   Guevara, Jose M ^c   Rodriguez, Manuel ^d   Cabello, Felipe ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R PLASMID; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0031424199     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.339     Document Type: Article

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