title: Molecular typing of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Blockley outbreak isolates from Greece.
abstract: During 1998, a marked increase (35 cases) in human gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Blockley, a serotype rarely isolated from humans in the Western Hemisphere, was noted in Greece. The two dominant multidrug-resistance phenotypes (23 of the 29 isolates studied) were associated with two distinct DNA fingerprints, obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic DNA.
authors.affiliation: University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Tassios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chadjichristodoulou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambiri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kansouzidou-Kanakoudi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sarandopoulou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kourea-Kremastinou
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tzouvelekis
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Legakis
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*