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Usefulness of inter-IS1 spacer polymorphisms for subtyping of Shigella sonnei isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2006
Chiou Chien-Shun, Wei Hsiao-Lun, Wang You-Wen, Liao Jui-Cheng, Li Chun-Chin
Abstract excerpt
Shigella sonnei contains numerous IS1 elements. The existence of polymorphisms in the length of the inter-IS1 spacer is a basis for the development of a PCR-based method for the subtyping of S. sonnei strains. The usefulness of inter-IS1 spacer typing (IST) was evaluated and compared with that of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) by characterization of S. sonnei isolates from epidemiologically nonrelated...
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