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Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype.
Genome research - 1 Dec 2009
Kingsley Robert A, Msefula Chisomo L, Thomson Nicholas R, Kariuki Samuel, Holt Kathryn E, Gordon Melita A, Harris David, Clarke Louise, Whitehead Sally, Sangal Vartul, Marsh Kevin, Achtman Mark, Molyneux Malcolm E, Cormican Martin, Parkhill Julian, MacLennan Calman A, Heyderman Robert S, Dougan Gordon
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Whereas most nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) are associated with gastroenteritis, there has been a dramatic increase in reports of NTS-associated invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates are responsible for a significant proportion of the reported invasive NTS in this region. Multilocus sequence analysis of invasive S. Typhimurium from Malawi and Kenya identified a...
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