Old and new techniques together resolve a problem of infection by Salmonella typhimurium

Isolates of Salmonella typhimurium, recovered over a 9-month period from a child with gastroenteritis, were characterized by biotyping, phage-typing and plasmid-profile analysis. Because the data from the different methods were discrepant, it was difficult to establish whether her infection was due...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 1987-08, Vol.99 (1), p.137-142
Main Authors: Platt, D. J., Brown, D. J., Old, D. C., Barker, R. M., Munro, D. S., Taylor, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Bacteriological methods and techniques used in bacteriology
Bacteriology
Bacteriophage Typing
Bacteriophages
Biological and medical sciences
Enzymes
Epidemiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Infections
Microbiology
Plasmids
R Factors
Recurrence
Salmonella
Salmonella Infections - microbiology
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhimurium - classification
Salmonella typhimurium - drug effects
Salmonella typhimurium - genetics
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Summary:Isolates of Salmonella typhimurium, recovered over a 9-month period from a child with gastroenteritis, were characterized by biotyping, phage-typing and plasmid-profile analysis. Because the data from the different methods were discrepant, it was difficult to establish whether her infection was due to a single strain that had changed character in vivo or was due to recurrent infections with different, unrelated strains. Restriction-enzyme fingerprinting of the plasmids from the different isolates provided an explanation for the initial discrepancy and highlighted a source of potential confusion in epidemiological studies.
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268800066942