Article
[Molecular characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates recovered by the Laboratory Surveillance Program for Acute Diarrheal Disease in Colombia].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Jan 2000
Vélez Nórida, Díaz Paula Lucía, Rodríguez Catering, Bautista Adriana, Montaño Lucy Angeline, Realpe María Elena
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: In Colombia, Shigella sonnei is one of the most frequently isolated serotypes (53.4%) in human clinical samples associated with diarrheal acute disease. The identification of DNA restriction patterns by pulsed field gel electrophoresis is the basis for the molecular surveillance of S. sonnei . OBJECTIVE: To establish the basis for the molecular surveillance of S. sonnei in Colombia using...
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