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Comparison Of Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiles, Molecular Typing Patterns, And Attribution Of Salmonella Enterica Serotype Newport In The U.S., 2003-2006, Nehal Jitendralal Patel
Comparison Of Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiles, Molecular Typing Patterns, And Attribution Of Salmonella Enterica Serotype Newport In The U.S., 2003-2006, Nehal Jitendralal Patel
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Salmonella causes gastrointestinal illness in humans. The purpose of the study was to determine the relative contribution of different food commodities to sporadic cases of salmonellosis (attribution analysis) caused by Salmonella Newport (SN) using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns and antimicrobial sensitivity (AST) data submitted by public health laboratories and regulatory agencies from 2003 to 2006. The genetic relationship between isolates from non-human (348) and human (10,848) sources was studied by two unique clustering methods: UPGMA and Ward. Results show poultry was the highest contributor of human SN infections, followed by tomatoes and beef. Beef was the largest contributing food …