Application of biochemical fingerprinting to the investigation of clonal groups of Salmonella of serotype Havana.

doi:10.1099/00222615-36-6-382

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Application of biochemical fingerprinting to the investigation of clonal groups of Salmonella of serotype Havana.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 1992

Katouli M, Kühn I, Brauner A, Farhoudi-Moghaddam A A, Möllby R

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A computerised typing method based on biochemical fingerprinting was used to investigate biochemical phenotypes (BPTs) among 70 strains of Salmonella of serotype Havana isolated from human cases of gastroenteritis in Iran and other parts of the world. A total of 16 BPTs comprising five common and...

Topics

Bacterial Adhesion
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Phenotype
Salmonella
Serotyping
Virulence

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