Persistent endemicity of Salmonella bongori 48:z35:- in southern Italy:: Molecular characterization of human, animal, and environmental isolates

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Giammanco, GM
Pignato, S
Mammina, C
Grimont, F
Grimont, PAD
Nastasi, A
Giammanco, G
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[1] Univ Palermo, Dipartimento Igiene & Microbiol G DAlessandro, I-90127 Palermo, Italy
[2] Univ Catania, Dipartimento GF Ingrassia Igiene & Sanita Publ, I-95124 Catania, Italy
[3] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Sanita Pubbl, I-50134 Florence, Italy
[4] Inst Pasteur, Unite Biodivers Bacteries Pathogenes Emergentes, F-75724 Paris 15, France
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10.1128/JCM.40.9.3502-3505.2002
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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From 1984 to 1999, we collected 31 isolates of the rare serovar Salmonella bongori 48:z(35):- in southern Italy. Twenty-four of the isolates were from cases of acute enteritis in humans. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis showed that all but one of our isolates were at least 80% similar. Our findings suggest that genetically related S. bongori 48:z(35):- strains are endemically circulating in southern Italy.
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