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Application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to the epidemiological characterization of<i>Staphylococcus intermedius</i>implicated in a food-related outbreak
1 Aug 1994
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An outbreak of food intoxication involving over 265 cases in western United States occurred in October 1991. Staphylococcus intermedius was implicated as the aetiologic agent. Representative outbreak isolates (five clinical and ten from foods) produced type A enterotoxin. DNA fragments generated by four restriction endonucleases and analysed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) provided definitive evidence...
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