Nontyphoidal Salmonella from Human Clinical Cases, Asymptomatic Children, and Raw Retail Meats in Yucatan, Mexico
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Nontyphoidal Salmonella from human clinical cases, asymptomatic children, and raw retail meats in Yucatan, Mexico.
BACKGROUND We report the results of a 3-year Salmonella surveillance study of persons with diarrhea; asymptomatic children; and retail pork, poultry, and beef in Yucatan, Mexico. METHODS Isolates were characterized according to serotype, antimicrobial susceptibility, and genetic relatedness with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. RESULTS Salmonella Typhimurium was the most common serotype fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/498508