Article
Clonal circulation of Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg in Italy?
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Nov 2003
Mammina C, Talini M, Pontello M, Di Noto A M, Nastasi A
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic and genetic characteristics of 21 strains of Salmonella serotype Heidelberg isolated in the years 1999-2003 from different sources in Italy were studied. Susceptibility patterns, plasmid analysis, and PFGE were used as epidemiological markers. Although non-homogeneous drug resistance patterns and plasmid profiles had been detected, PFGE patterns suggest the hypothesis of a nationwide clonal spread of...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Child
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phenotype
- Population Surveillance
- Salmonella Food Poisoning
- Salmonella Infections
- Salmonella enterica
- Serotyping