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SUBMITTER: Van Puyvelde S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753159 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Puyvelde Sandra S Pickard Derek D Vandelannoote Koen K Heinz Eva E Barbé Barbara B de Block Tessa T Clare Simon S Coomber Eve L EL Harcourt Katherine K Sridhar Sushmita S Lees Emily A EA Wheeler Nicole E NE Klemm Elizabeth J EJ Kuijpers Laura L Mbuyi Kalonji Lisette L Phoba Marie-France MF Falay Dadi D Ngbonda Dauly D Lunguya Octavie O Jacobs Jan J Dougan Gordon G Deborggraeve Stijn S
Nature communications 20190919 1
Bloodstream infections by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium constitute a major health burden in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These invasive non-typhoidal (iNTS) infections are dominated by isolates of the antibiotic resistance-associated sequence type (ST) 313. Here, we report emergence of ST313 sublineage II.1 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sublineage II.1 exhibits extensive drug resistance, involving a combination of multidrug resistance, extended spectrum β-lactamase production a ...[more]