Shigella sonnei biotype g carrying class 2 integrons in southern Italy: A retrospective typing study by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Aleo, Aurora ^a   Romani, Cristina ^b   Nastasi, Antonino ^b  

^a Southern Italy Centre for Enteric Pathogens (CEPIM)   (Italy)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INTEGRON; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 33747167013     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-117     Document Type: Article

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