title: An untypeable Shigella flexneri strain associated with an outbreak in California.
abstract: Eleven Shigella flexneri (group B) isolates were recovered from epidemiologically linked patrons and food handlers from a restaurant-associated outbreak of shigellosis. Six isolates available for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were identical. All strains agglutinated in group B and subgroup factor 6 sera but not in group 1 through group 6 sera.
authors.affiliation: Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Santa Rosa, California 95404, USA. rtrevejo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Trevejo
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meshulam
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012147:Restaurants; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification