A probable case of laboratory-acquired infection with salmonella typhi: evidence from phage typing, antibiograms, and analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Objective: To report a probable case of laboratory-acquired typhoid fever involving a female laboratory technologist at a major diagnostic bacteriology laboratory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods: The technologist presented with clinical symptoms of typhoid fever and was admitted to a major ho...

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Main Authors: Thong, K.L., Cheong, Y.M., Pang, T.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 1996
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/10422/
http://eprints.um.edu.my/10422/1/Thong_et_al.%2C_1996.pdf