Molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype typhi isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in Hong Kong, 2000-2004

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Kam, Kai Man ^a,b   Luey, Kit Yee ^a   Chiu, Agatha Wai Huen ^a   Law, Choi Ping ^a   Leung, Susanna Fung Sim ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN BLNI; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONG KONG; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAPSE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 33947532155     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.59     Document Type: Article

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