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Emergence of ONPG-negative Shigella sonnei in Shanghai, China.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2015
Wang Jian, Qiu Shaofu, Xu Xuebin, Su Wenli, Li Peng, Liang Beibei, Ma Qiuxia, Yang Chaojie, Qi Lihua, Li Hao, Yi Shengjie, Wu Zhihao, Wang Ligui, Hao Rongzhang, Song Hongbin, Sun Yansong
Abstract excerpt
Shigella sonnei has become predominant species causing shigellosis in Shanghai. Two hundred ninety-three S. sonnei were isolated in sentinel hospitals of Shanghai in 2011. We found an emergence of 8 strains of S. sonnei with negative phenotype for o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside in late August, which showed distinct pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns from the other 285 S. sonnei and had genes deletion...
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