Volume 4, Number 2—June 1998
Dispatch
Molecular Fingerprinting of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi
M. D. Hampton, L. R. Ward, B. Rowe, and E. J. Threlfall
Table
Drug-resistant and drug-sensitive isolates of Salmonella Typhi phage types E1, M1, and UVS
| Laboratory accession number | Phage type | Country of origin | Year of isolation | Antibiograma | Mol wt of plasmid DNA | Pulsed-field profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | E1 | Russia | 1918 | $ | -b | X1 |
| P3047990 | E1 | India | 1993 | $ | - | X2 |
| P2967750 | E1 | India | 1992 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X2a |
| P3639160 | E1 | Pakistan | 1994 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X2a |
| P3640980 | E1 | Pakistan | 1994 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X2a |
| P4632360 | E1 | Bangladesh | 1997 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X2a |
| P4663970 | E1 | Bangladesh | 1997 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X2a |
| P4405140 | UVS | Tajikistan | 1997 | ACSSuTTmCp | 120 80 | X2a |
| P4405200 | UVS | Tajikistan | 1997 | ACSSuTTmCp | 120 80 | X2a |
| P4466680 | E1 | India | 1997 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X3 |
| P2951290 | E1 | Bangladesh | 1992 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X4 |
| P3166750 | E1 | Bangladesh | 1993 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X4 |
| P4219910 | E1 | Pakistan | 1997 | ACSSuTTmCp | 120 | X4 |
| P4405160 | E1 | Tajikistan | 1997 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X5 |
| P4543210 | E1 | Dominican Republic | 1997 | $ | - | X6 |
| M1 | M1 | Canada | 1939 | $ | - | X7 |
| P3112100 | M1 | Pakistan | 1992 | $ | - | X8 |
| P3044890 | M1 | Pakistan | 1992 | ACSSuTTm | 120 | X8a |
aA, ampicillin; C, chloramphenicol; S, streptomycin; Su, sulphonamides; T, tetracyclines; Tm, trimethoprim; Cp, ciprofloxacin; $, drug-sensitive.
bPlasmid DNA not detected.
