A probable case of laboratory-acquired infection with salmonella typhi: evidence from phage typing, antibiograms, and analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Objective: To report a probable case of laboratory-acquired typhoid fever involving a female laboratory technologist at a major diagnostic bacteriology laboratory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods: The technologist presented with clinical symptoms of typhoid fever and was admitted to a major ho...
Main Authors: | Thong, Kwai Lin, Cheong, Y.M., Pang, T. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1996
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/10422/1/Thong_et_al.%2C_1996.pdf |
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