Clonal relationship among Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated in Somalia.
Int J Med Microbiol
; 299(3): 203-7, 2009 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
One hundred and three Vibrio cholerae O1 strains, selected to represent the cholera outbreaks which occurred in Somalia in 1998-1999, were characterized by random amplified polymorphic DNA patterns, ribotyping, and antimicrobial susceptibility. All strains showed a unique amplified DNA pattern and 2 closely related ribotypes (B5a and B8a), among which B5a was the more frequently identified. Ninety-one strains were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, spectinomycin, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim, conferred, except for spectinomycin, by a conjugative plasmid IncC. These findings indicated that the group of strains active in Somalia in the late 1990s had a clonal origin.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cólera
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Vibrio cholerae O1
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article