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. 1996 Jun;116(3):295-302.
doi: 10.1017/s0950268800052602.

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

C A Bentley  1 , J A Frost, B Rowe
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Phage typing and drug resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated in England and Wales

C A Bentley et al. Epidemiol Infect. 1996 Jun.

Abstract

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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