Characterization of a multidrug-resistant isolate of Salmonella Paratyphi B from Japan
Author(s) -
Ashraf M. Ahmed,
Kimi Furuta,
Kei Shimomura,
Hidekazu Kawamoto,
Tadashi Shimamoto
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki157
Subject(s) - salmonella , microbiology and biotechnology , multiple drug resistance , enterobacteriaceae , virology , biology , medicine , antibiotics , bacteria , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
Keywords: paratyphoid fever, Salmonella genomic island 1(SGI1), phage type DT 104*Corresponding author. Tel/Fax: þ81-82-424-7897;E-mail: tadashis@hiroshima-u.ac.jpSir,Enteric fever, comprising both typhoid and paratyphoid fevers,continues to be a global health problem with an estimated12–33 million cases occurring worldwide each year.
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