An untypeable Shigella flexneri strain associated with an outbreak in California.
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.
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Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Santa Rosa, California 95404, USA. rtrevejo@hotmail.com
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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