Analysis of the clonal relationship among clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis by different typing methods Análisis de la relación clonal entre aislamientos clínicos de Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis mediante diferentes métodos de tipificación

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Luis A. Merino, María C. Ronconi, Margarita M. Navia, Joaquim Ruiz, Josep M. Sierra, Norma B. Cech, Norma S. Lodeiro, Jordi Vila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2003
• Subjects: Salmonella Infantis; Typing; Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Argentina; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Cadena
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652003000300001; https://doaj.org/article/18ed366a5e504cfc842f464c568b38d5

Salmonella Infantis has been the second most common serovar in Argentina in the last two years, being isolated mostly from paediatric hospitalised patients. In order to determine the clonal relationship among Salmonella Infantis strains, we examined 15 isolates from paediatric patient faeces in Arge...