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Genetic diversity of Shigella spp. and their integron content.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Mar 2013
Eftekhari Nazanin, Bakhshi Bita, Pourshafie Mohammad R, Zarbakhsh Behnaz, Rahbar Mohammad, Hajia Massoud, Ghazvini Kiarash
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and resistance gene content of class 1 and 2 integrons among Shigella spp. and to study the genetic diversity of isolates using the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 32 Shigella spp. were identified from 700 stool samples of patients with diarrhea from two provinces in Iran. S. sonnei (70.8%) and S....
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