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Emergence of plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance in epidemic and non-epidemic strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi from Jordan.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 30 Aug 2008
Al-Sanouri Tarek M, Paglietti Bianca, Haddadin Aktham, Murgia Manuela, Bacciu Donatella, Youssef Mahammad, Rubino Salvatore
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BACKGROUND: Enteric fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi has not been adequately explored in Jordan. METHODOLOGY: In this study we investigated antibiotic resistance patterns and resistance determinants coupled with fingerprint methods of forty-eight isolates of S. Typhi obtained from 113 patients with suspected enteric fever admitted at six governmental hospitals in different directorates in Jordan....
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