Abstract
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from four outbreaks of typhoid fever in southern Vietnam between 1993 and 1997 were compared. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, bacteriophage and plasmid typing, and antibiotic susceptibilities showed that independent outbreaks of multidrug-resistant typhoid fever in southern Vietnam are caused by single bacterial strains. However, different outbreaks do not derive from the clonal expansion of a single multidrug-resistant serotype Typhi strain.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 895-897 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |