Article
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 isolate...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Dysentery, Bacillary
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- R Factors
- Shigella sonnei