TY - JOUR AU - Ley, Benedikt AU - Le Hello, Simon AU - Lunguya, Octavie AU - Lejon, Veerle AU - Muyembe, Jean-Jacques AU - Weill, François-Xavier AU - Jacobs, Jan T1 - Invasive Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Infections, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007–2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 701 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 313 is associated with high rates of drug resistance, bloodstream infections, and death. To determine whether ST313 is dominant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we studied 180 isolates collected during 2007–2011; 96% belonged to CRISPOL type CT28, which is associated with ST313. KW - Salmonella Typhimurium KW - ST313 KW - CRISPOL KW - MLST KW - Central Africa KW - bacteremia KW - bacteria KW - Democratic Republic of the Congo KW - Congo DO - 10.3201/eid2004.131488 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-1488_article ER - End of Reference