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Genotypic analysis of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar typhi, Kenya.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Kariuki S, Gilks C, Revathi G, Hart C A
Abstract excerpt
We report the emergence in Kenya during 1997-1999 of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi resistant to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and cotrimoxazole. Genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA yielded a single cluster. The multidrug-resistant S. Typhi were related to earlier drug- susceptible isolates but were unrelated to...
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