title: Multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat profiling of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from blood cultures and gallbladder specimens from Makassar, South-Sulawesi, Indonesia.
abstract: Multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis differentiated 297 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi blood culture isolates from Makassar in 76 genotypes and a single unique S. Typhi genotype was isolated from the cholecystectomy specimens of four patients with cholelithiasis. The high diversity in S. Typhi genotypes circulating in Makassar indicates that the number of carriers could be very large, which may complicate disease prevention and control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South-Sulawesi, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Mochammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatta
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pastoor
authors.forename: Pauline F D
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Scheelbeek
authors.forename: Andi R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: Ressy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dwiyanti
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Labeda
authors.forename: Henk L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Smits
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult