Multi-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Profiling of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates from Blood Cultures and Gallbladder Specimens from Makassar, South-Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Authors
  • M. Hatta
  • R. Pastoor
  • P.F.D. Scheelbeek
  • A.R. Sultan
  • R. Dwiyanti
  • I. Labeda
  • H.L. Smits
Publication date 2011
Journal PLoS ONE
Article number e24983
Volume | Issue number 6 | 9
Number of pages 8
Organisations
  • Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Abstract Multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis differentiated 297 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi blood culture isolates from Makassar in 76 genotypes and a single unique S. Typhi genotype was isolated from the cholecystectomy specimens of four patients with cholelithiasis. The high diversity in S. Typhi genotypes circulating in Makassar indicates that the number of carriers could be very large, which may complicate disease prevention and control
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