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Phage typing and drug resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. A. Bentley ,
J. A. Frost  and
B. Rowe
C. A. Bentley
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Heath Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
J. A. Frost*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Heath Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Heath Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
*
* Author for correspondence.
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Phage typing of Shigella sonnei has been used to examine isolates from the 1991–2 sonnei dysentery outbreak in England and Wales and compare them with strains isolated during and following a widespread foodborne outbreak in 1994 which was associated with consumption of imported lettuce. The distribution of phage types was different in the three periods studied with PT 3 predominating during 1991–2, PT 2 during the ‘lettuce’ outbreak in the summer months and PT 6 during the subsequent months. PT 6 was frequently associated with travel outside the UK. Variation was also seen in the distribution of drug resistance patterns.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 116 , Issue 3 , June 1996 , pp. 295 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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