Plasmid typing of Shigella sonnei epidemic strains and molecular relationship of their R-plasmids
| Autor: | C. Hardisson, F. J. Mendez, M. C. Mendoza, Ana J. González |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Epidemiology
business.industry R Factors Restriction enzyme analysis Nucleic Acid Hybridization Shigella sonnei R Plasmids Outbreak Drug Resistance Microbial DNA Restriction Enzymes medicine.disease_cause Virology Disease Outbreaks Microbiology Antibiotic resistance Plasmid Spain DNA Viral Humans Medicine Shigella Typing business Dysentery Bacillary |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Epidemiology. 4:158-163 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7284 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00144744 |
| Popis: | We conducted a surveillance program on epidemic and/or endemic Shigella strains in Asturias (Spain), their frequency and dispersion in our community, and their R-plasmids. We analyzed initial isolates of Shigella sonnei from two epidemic outbreaks using antibiotic resistance patterns and plasmid profile analysis as epidemiological markers. We found that the 2 outbreaks were caused by different S. sonnei strains, which respectively carried one and two R-plasmids together with other plasmids. The molecular relationship among these and three other R-plasmids from two S. sonnei strains isolated during a previous outbreak, were studied by restriction enzyme analysis and DNA-DNA hybridizations. We were able to establish different levels of relationship among the six R-plasmids. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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