Typhoid fever caused by a typical variants of Salmonella typhi--a preliminary report.
In the study carried out from, February, 1996 to January, 1999. 42 (33.9%) a typical variants of S typhi which fermented sucrose were encountered. This variant was identified as of antigenic structure 9, 12, v1, d1 and typed as phage type E1 and Bio type I.
Ranjitham
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Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Madan
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Shekar
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Mani
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D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000378:metabolism; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000209:etiology*
D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide