Investigation of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Clonal Relatedness of Outbreak-Associated Salmonella Enteritidis Isolates Using PFGE
Farhad Nikkhahi, Fatemeh Zeynali Kelishomi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Anita Fardsanei, Fatemeh Fardsanei · 2026
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Farhad Nikkhahi and co-authors study outbreak strains of Salmonella Enteritidis, a common cause of gut illness outbreaks, in work dated 2026. Knowing how outbreak strains resist drugs and how closely they relate helps track spread. Such detail guides local control of this bacterium.
The team collected twenty-seven strains from patients with gut illness. They tested drug resistance by both trait based and gene based methods. They also checked how well each strain forms biofilms, the slimy layers that protect bacteria. A fingerprint method grouped the strains by relatedness. The highest resistance was to one named drug, found in about three quarters of strains.
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| CREATOR | Farhad Nikkhahi, Fatemeh Zeynali Kelishomi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Anita Fardsanei, Fatemeh Fardsanei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |