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Characterization of Shigella strains in Iran by plasmid profile analysis and PCR amplification of ipa genes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2006
Farshad Shohreh, Sheikhi Raheleh, Japoni Aziz, Basiri Ezzatollah, Alborzi Abdolvahab
Abstract excerpt
To characterize Shigella clinical strains, we studied 82 Shigella strains recovered from 719 stool samples of patients with bloody diarrhea in Shiraz, Iran, over the period from April to October 2003. Serological assay classified the Shigella isolates as follows: 61 (74.39%) Shigella sonnei isolates, 16 (19.51%) Shigella flexneri isolates, 3 (3.65%) Shigella boydii isolates, and 2 (2.43%) Shigella dysenteriae...
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