Analysis of a temporal cluster of Shigella boydii isolates in Mpumalanga, South Africa, November to December 2007

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Smith, Anthony M ^a,b   Keddy, Karen H ^a,b   Sooka, Arvinda ^a   Ismail, Husna ^a   de Jong, Gillian M ^a,b   Hoyland, Greta ^c,j   Vasaikar, Sandeep ^d   van Rensberg, Nolan Janse ^e   Mo¨ller, Andre´ ^e   Pretorius, Anne Marie ^e   Smith, Peter ^e   Ahmed, Khatija ^f   Hoosen, Anwar ^f   Lekalakala, Ruth ^f   Ngwira, Donald ^f   Sein, Pyu Pyu ^f   Crewe Brown, Heather ^b   Feldman, Charles ^b   Karstaedt, Alan ^b   Perovic, Olga ^b   Wadula, Jeannette ^b   Dove, Mike ^g   Lindeque, Kathy ^g   Meyer, Linda ^g   Weldhagen, Gerhard ^g   Bhola, Prathna ^h   Moodley, Prashini ^h   Seetharam, Sharona ^h   Sithole, Sindiswe ^h   Sturm, Wim ^h   Vanmali, Trusha ^h   Hamese, Ken ⁱ   Bauer, Keith ^j   Lebudi, Jacob ^j   Mutanda, Charles ^j   Hoffmann, Rena ^k   Liebowitz, Lynne ^k   Wasserman, Elizabeth ^k   Roditi, Denise ^l   Simpson, John ^l   Whitelaw, Andrew ^l   Brink, Adrian ^m   Heney, Claire ⁿ   Senekal, Marthinus ^o   Cohen, Cheryl ^a   Cheyip, Mireille ^a   de Gouveia, Linda ^a   Frean, John ^a   Govender, Nelesh ^a   McCarthy, Kerrigan ^a   Meiring, Susan ^a   Prentice, Elizabeth ^a   Quan, Vanessa ^a   Soma, Koshika ^a   von Gottberg, Anne ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Rob Ferreira Hospital Nelspruit   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex   (South Africa)

^j NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^k STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^m Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

ⁿ LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

^o PathCare Laboratories   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Cluster; Diarrhoeal disease; Shigella boydii; Water borne

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENOMIC DNA; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SOUTH AFRICA;

SHIGELLA BOYDII;

EID: 66549104978     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.107     Document Type: Article

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