Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi, Gulf of Guinea Region, Africa

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi, Gulf of Guinea Region, Africa

We identified 3 lineages among multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates in the Gulf of Guinea region in Africa during the 2000s. However, the MDR H58 haplotype, which predominates in southern Asia and Kenya, was not identified. MDR quinolone-susceptible isolates containe...

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Main Authors: Murielle Baltazar, Antoinette Ngandjio, Kathryn Elizabeth Holt, Elodie Lepillet, Maria Pardos de la Gandara, Jean-Marc Collard, Raymond Bercion, Ariane Nzouankeu, Simon Le Hello, Gordon Dougan, Marie-Christine Fonkoua, François-Xavier Weill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi
bacteria
multidrug resistance
MDR
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
PFGE
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1355_article

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