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Molecular Epidemiology of the SRL Pathogenicity Island
23 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
The Shigella resistance locus (SRL), which is carried on the SRL pathogenicity island (PAI) in Shigella flexneri 2a YSH6000, mediates resistance to the antibiotics streptomycin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline. In the present study, we investigated the distribution and structural variation of the SRL and the SRL PAI in 71 Shigella isolates and 28 other enteric pathogens by PCR and Southern analysis....
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