Molecular typing of Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Corvallis, Anatum and Typhimurium from food and human stool samples in Tunisia, 2001-2004

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-475

  Aissa, R Ben ^a   Al Gallas, N ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ANATUM; SALMONELLA CORVALLIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 40449109052     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008916     Document Type: Article

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