Invasive Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium infections, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007-2011.

Benedikt Ley (1) , Simon Le Hello (2) , Octavie Lunguya (3) , Veerle Lejon , Jean-Jacques Muyembe (3) , François-Xavier Weill (2) , Jan Jacobs (1)

1 ITM - Institute of Tropical Medicine [Antwerp]
2 CNR-ESS - Centre National de Référence - National Reference Center Escherichia coli, Shigella et Salmonella
3 INRB - Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale [Kinshasa]

Infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 313 is associated with high rates of drug resistance, bloodstream infections, and death. To determine whether ST313 is dominant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we studied 180 isolates collected during 2007-2011; 96% belonged to CRISPOL type CT28, which is associated with ST313.

Domains: Santé publique et épidémiologie

Benedikt Ley, Simon Le Hello, Octavie Lunguya, Veerle Lejon, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, et al.. Invasive Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium infections, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007-2011.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, 20 (4), pp.701-4. ⟨10.3201/eid2004.131488⟩. ⟨pasteur-01104919⟩