Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 225-227 , February 2010

Molecular epidemiology of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 outbreak in a Tunisian jail

  • Emna Mehiri-Zghal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Jean-Winoc Decousser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, AP-HP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-45-37-42-98; fax: +33-1-46-32-67-96.
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  • Walid Mahjoubi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Leila Essalah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Naceur El Marzouk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Asma Ghariani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • PierreYves Allouch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Control, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles André Mignot, 78157 Le Chesnay, France
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  • Noura Leila Slim-Saidi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Abderahman MAMI de pneumophtisiologie, Tunis, Tunisia
    • University of Monastir, Tunis, Tunisia

Received 26 February 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00206-5

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.008

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 225-227 , February 2010

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