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Antimicrobial resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei isolates from western Ireland, an area of low incidence of infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2003
DeLappe Niall, O'Halloran Fiona, Fanning Seamus, Corbett-Feeney G, Cheasty T, Cormican M
Abstract excerpt
Shigella sonnei is a significant cause of gastroenteritis in both developing and industrialized countries. Definition of the diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of S. sonnei isolates may be helpful in the management of individual cases and outbreaks. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed with 67 isolates of S. sonnei predominantly (n = 59) from...
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