Detection and characterization of Shigella species isolated from food and human stool samples in Nabeul, Tunisia, by molecular methods and culture techniques

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-222

  Mokhtari, W ^a,b   Nsaibia, S ^a   Majouri, D ^c   Ben Hassen, A ^c   Gharbi, A ^a   Aouni, M ^b  

^a Laboratoire Régional de Santé Publique de Nabeul   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Food; Human faeces; IpaH; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Shigella spp.; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

CULTURE METHODS; FOOD SAMPLES; HUMAN FECES; IPAH; PCR; PCR TECHNIQUES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SPP.; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE GENE;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FOOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONALITY; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE;

NABEUL; TUNISIA;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 84862500766     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05324.x     Document Type: Article

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