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Plasmid Typing of Shigella Sonnei Epidemic Strains and Molecular Relationship of Their R-plasmids

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Journal Eur J Epidemiol
Specialty Public Health
Date 1988 Jun 1
PMID 2841150
Citations 11
Authors
M C Mendoza
A J Gonzalez
F J Mendez
C Hardisson
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Abstract

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.

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