Epidemic typhoid in Vietnam: Molecular typing of multiple-antibiotic- resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhi from four outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 895-897

  Connerton, Phillippa ^a   Wain, John ^b,c   Hien, Tran T ^b   Ali, Tahir ^a   Parry, Christopher ^b,c   Chinh, Nguyen T ^d   Vinh, Ha ^b   Ho, Vo A ^e   Diep, To S ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^b   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Dougan, Gordon ^a   Farrar, Jeremy J ^b,c,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^e Dong Thap Provincial Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^f Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; NALIDIXIC ACID; O ANTIGEN; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 0033964625     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.895-897.2000     Document Type: Article

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