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Genetic relatedness among isolates of Shigella sonnei carrying class 2 integrons in Tehran, Iran, 2002-2003.
BMC infectious diseases - 22 Jun 2007
Ranjbar Reza, Aleo Aurora, Giammanco Giovanni M, Dionisi Anna Maria, Sadeghifard Nourkhoda, Mammina Caterina
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BACKGROUND: Shigella spp. are major cause of diarrhoeal disease in both developing and developed countries. Shigella sonnei is the serogroup of Shigella most frequently responsible for sporadic and epidemic enteritis in developed countries. In recent years the emergence and spread of S. sonnei biotype g carrying class 2 integron have been frequently reported in many countries. Recently, S. sonnei has been...
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