Phage types of Salmonella enteritidis isolated from clinical and food samples, and from broiler carcasses in southern Brazil.
272 isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis (111 isolated from frozen broiler chicken carcasses, 126 from human food and other biological materials involved in food poisoning outbreaks and 35 from different poultry materials) were selected for phage typing. From these, 111 were phage typed, 57.65% being classified as phage type 4, 32.43% as phage type 4a, 3.60% as phage type 6a and 0.90% as phage type 7, whereas 5.40% samples were not phage typeable. The predominance of phage type 4 is in agreement with the results published worldwide, and reinforces the need for studies related to the epidemiological meaning of these findings.
dos Santos
Luciana Ruschel
LR
Center for Diagnostics and Research in Avian Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (CDPA-UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. luruschel@bol.com.br
do Nascimento
Vladimir Pinheiro
VP
de Oliveira
Sílvia Dias
SD
Rodrigues
Dália P
DP
dos Reis
Eliane Moura Falavina
EM
Seki
Liliane Miyuki
LM
Ribeiro
Aldemir Reginato
AR
Fernandes
Sueli A
SA
D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D001938:Brazil; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000382:microbiology; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000382:microbiology; D012483:Salmonella Phages / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000821:virology