S. Rubino et al., IS200 FINGERPRINT OF SALMONELLA-ENTERICA SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM HUMAN STRAINS ISOLATED IN SARDINIA, Epidemiology and infection, 120(3), 1998, pp. 215-222
A collection of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium human strains
isolated in Northern Sardinia (Italy) was examined for the insertion
sequence IS200, phage type, antibiotic profile, ribotyping polymorphis
ms and plasmid profile. All clinical isolates studied contained from 4
to 10 copies of the IS200 element. IS200 permitted to discriminate Ty
phimurium strains and to identify five IS200 types, some of them circu
lating in Sardinia at least since 1900. Strains belonging to phage DT1
04 predominated and correlated with a specific IS200 pattern.