Characterization of antimicrobial resistance, molecular and phage types of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolations

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1414-1426

  Demczuk, W H B ^a   Finley, R ^b   Nadon, C ^a   Spencer, A ^c   Gilmour, M ^a   Ng, L K ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; molecular epidemiology; public health microbiology; Salmonella (Typhi); Salmonella typing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; GENE CLUSTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956428577     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000221     Document Type: Article

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