Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium in Four Animal Facilities

Jennifer G. Wright*, Leslie A. Tengelsen†, Kirk E. Smith‡, Jeff B. Bender‡¹, Rodney K. Frank§², John H. Grendon¶³, Daniel H. Rice#⁴, Ann Marie B. Thiessen**, Catherine Jo Gilbertson††, Sumathi Sivapalasingam*⁵, Timothy J. Barrett*, Thomas E. Besser#, Dale D. Hancock#, and Frederick J. Angulo*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Boise, Idaho, USA; ‡Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; §University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; ¶Washington Department of Health, Olympia, Washington, USA; #Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA; **Chambers Creek Veterinary Hospital, Lakewood, Washington, USA; ††The Gene Poole Memorial Cat Clinic, Bellingham, Washington, USA

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Figure 2

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of human and feline isolates from Minnesota outbreak,1999. Lanes 1, 2, 8, 14, and 15 contain Xbal-digested DNA from the standard strain H9812; lanes 3, 4, 9, and 10 contain human isolates; lanes 5–7, and 11–13 contain feline isolates. Lanes 3–7 were digested with Xbal and lanes 9–13 with Blnl.

Figure 2. . Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of human and feline isolates from Minnesota outbreak,1999. Lanes 1, 2, 8, 14, and 15 contain Xbal-digested DNA from the standard strain H9812; lanes 3, 4, 9, and 10 contain human isolates; lanes 5–7, and 11–13 contain feline isolates. Lanes 3–7 were digested with Xbal and lanes 9–13 with Blnl.

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¹Current affiliation: University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

²Current affiliation: 3M Pharmaceuticals, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

³Current affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Olympia, Washington, USA.

⁴Current affiliation: New York State Department of Agriculture, Albany, New York, USA.

⁵Current affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

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