Epidemic typhoid in Vietnam:: Molecular typing of multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi from four outbreaks

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作者
Connerton, P
Wain, J
Hien, TT
Ali, T
Parry, C
Chinh, NT
Vinh, H
Ho, VA
Diep, TS
Day, NPJ
White, NJ
Dougan, G
Farrar, JJ
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Biochem, London SW7 2AZ, England
[2] Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Med, Ctr Trop Med, Oxford, England
[3] Cho Quan Hosp, Ctr Trop Dis, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[4] Cho Quan Hosp, Wellcome Trust Clin Res Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[5] Univ Med & Pharm, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[6] Dong Thap Prov Hosp, Dong Thap, Vietnam
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1128/JCM.38.2.895-897.2000
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from four outbreaks of typhoid fever in southern Vietnam between 1993 and 1997 were compared. Pulsed-held gel electrophoresis, bacteriophage and plasmid typing, and antibiotic susceptibilities showed that independent outbreaks of multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in southern Vietnam are caused by single bacterial strains. However, different outbreaks do not derive from the clonal expansion of a single multidrug-resistant serotype Typhi strain.
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页码:895 / 897
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