Use of molecular subtyping methods to investigate two nosocomial outbreaks due to Salmonella Livingstone in Sfax hospital, Tunisia;Application de marqueurs génotypiques dans l'investigation de deux épidémies d'infections nosocomiales à Salmonella Livingstone dans le CHU de Sfax, Tunisie

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 331-336

  Ktari, S ^a,c   Mahjoubi, F ^a,c   Jaoua, S ^b   Karray, A ^e   Marty, N ^d   Ben Redjeb, S ^c   Hammami, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c Laboratoire de recherche sur les résistances aux antibiotiques   (Tunisia)

^d CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^e HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; Nosocomial infection; Outbreak; Pediatric ward; Salmonella Livingstone

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA LIVINGSTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TUNISIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33745865920     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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