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Molecular characterization and PCR-based replicon typing of multidrug resistant Shigella sonnei isolates from an outbreak in Thimphu, Bhutan

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2014

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Sirigade Ruekit, Sonam Wangchuk, Tshering Dorji, Kinzang Pem Tshering, Piyarat Pootong, Panida Nobthai, Oralak Serichantalergs, Kamonporn Poramathikul, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl J. Mason
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Abstract

The characteristics of 29 S. sonnei isolates from Thimphu, Bhutan in June and July, 2011 are identical in PFGE, plasmid and resistance pattern. This study suggests that these recent S. sonnei isolates are clonally related and multidrug-resistant.

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