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Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in Korea.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2004
Lee Kyungwon, Yong Dongeun, Yum Jong Hwa, Lim Young Sik, Kim Hyun Sook, Lee Bok Kwon, Chong Yunsop
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A chloramphenicol-resistant strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was first noted in Korea in 1992, when a resistant isolate was detected in a returned traveler. Continued isolation of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains thereafter in other settings prompted a retrospective analysis of laboratory records and phenotypic and genotypic analyses of 12 chloramphenicol-resistant isolates. Among these, one isolate...
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