Article
Antimicrobial and molecular analysis of Salmonella serovar Livingstone strains isolated from humans in Tunisia and Belgium.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 13 Aug 2014
Guedda Intissar, Taminiau Bernard, Ferjani Asma, Boukadida Jalel, Bertrand Sophie, Daube Georges
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Salmonella Livingstone is one of the most common serotypes responsible for nosocomial outbreaks in Tunisia. In this study, 42 isolates of Salmonella Livingstone were analyzed. Most of these were isolated from humans (31 strains from Tunisia and 9 strains from Belgium) and 2 isolates came from food products (beef and pork). METHODOLOGY: All strains were characterized by antibiogram, multilocus...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Belgium
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Food Microbiology
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Salmonella
- Salmonella Infections
- Tunisia
- Virulence Factors