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Decreasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from children with bacteraemia in a rural district hospital, Kenya.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Sept 2006
Kariuki Samuel, Revathi Gunturu, Kiiru John, Lowe Brett, Berkley James A, Hart C Anthony
Abstract excerpt
We analysed 336 non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) isolated from children <13 years of age with bacteraemia admitted to a rural district hospital in Kenya from 1994 to 2005. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to determine genetic relatedness of strains, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was also performed. Most NTS were either Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (n=114; 33.9%) or S. enterica serovar...
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