Molecular analysis of incHI1 antimicrobial resistance plasmids from Salmonella serovar Typhi strains associated with typhoid fever.

The first outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) typhoid fever in Vietnam was in 1993, and by 1995 nearly 90% of cases were MDR. Plasmid HCM1, sequenced in full, is an incHI1 plasmid from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain CT18, isolated in Vietnam in 1993. Restriction analysis shows that pHCM1...

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Main Authors: Wain, J, Nga, D, Kidgell, C, James, K, Fortune, S, Song Diep, T, Ali, T, O Gaora, P, Parry, C, Parkhill, J, Farrar, J, White, N, Dougan, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003