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[Complex typing of Salmonella typhimurium hospital strains].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Riapis L A, Filatov N N, Salova N Ia, Sizykh E V, Abasova F M, Khrapunova I A, Finkel' M P, Kozodoĭ G M, Zakharova L V
Abstract excerpt
A salmonellosis outbreak, caused by S. typhimurium, was investigated with the use of some microbiological and molecular-biological methods of typing. This investigation revealed that the outbreak was caused by the "outbreak" electrotype of the multi-resistant variant of the infective agent, found to have several plasmidovars. The possibilities and limitations of typing by sensitivity to antibiotics and plasmid...
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