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Analysis of the mechanism of quinolone resistance in nalidixic acid-resistant clinical isolates of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 1997
Ruiz J, Castro D, Goñi P, Santamaria J A, Borrego J J, Vila J
Abstract excerpt
Over a period of 2.5 years, 42 cases of gastro-enteritis caused by nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella serotype Typhimurium occurred in Malaga. The epidemiological relationship among the strains involved was investigated by analysis of plasmid profile and of chromosomal DNA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Despite having different plasmid profiles, all 42 nalidixic-acid resistant Typhimurium isolates...
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