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[Usefulness of genotypic analysis for investigation of an epidemic of Shigella sonnei infections in Ooami-shirasato Town, Chiba Prefecture].
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 1998
Uchimura M, Koiwai K, Yoda K, Kishida K, Tsuruoka Y, Mizuguchi Y
Abstract excerpt
In March 1996, an epidemic of Shigella sonnei infection occurred in Ooamishira-sato Town, Chiba Prefecture. Colicine typing, antibiotic resistance patterns, plasmid profiles, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and random amplified poly-morphic DNA (RAPD) were used for the investigation of the epidemic. Ninety-four isolates from patients exhibited three different colicine types and five different antibiotic...
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