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Epidemiological markers of Shigella sonnei infections: R-plasmid fingerprinting, phage-typing and biotyping.
Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiologie - 1 Jan 2000
Marranzano M, Giammanco G, d'Hauteville H, Sansonetti P
Abstract excerpt
In 1980, the number of Shigella sonnei strains isolated in Sicily increased markedly. Approximately 80% of the isolates belonged to phage-type 3 and showed the same antibiotic resistance pattern, suggesting that an epidemic had been going on for several months. Plasmid analysis of strains isolated at various times in different places supported this view. Agarose gel electrophoresis of plasmid preparations from...
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