Identification and sequencing of Salmonella enterica serotype typhi isolates obtained from patients with perforation and non-perforation typhoid fever

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2005 Jan;36(1):118-22.

Abstract

We describe the characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, isolated from the blood of patients with perforation and non-perforation typhoid fever, by a combination of conventional microbiological tests, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and flagellin gene and CDP-tyvelose epimerase (rfbE) gene sequencing. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that there were four base mutations from perforation samples and only three from non-perforation samples. These findings indicated that the isolates were a strain of Salmonella enterica. The flagellin gene sequences from the two groups were 100% identical to that of the H1-d flagellin gene of serovar Typhi. Sequences of the rfbE from both groups were also 100% identical.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Salmonella Infections / blood
  • Salmonella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Salmonella typhi / genetics*
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Typhoid Fever / diagnosis
  • Typhoid Fever / microbiology*