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Introduction: Enteric fever is endemic to India and has a high morbidity and mortality rate. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
is the most common serotype responsible for enteric fever in India. The present study was carried out to identify, characterize
phenotypically S. enterica serovar Typhi strains and to standardize, evaluate and apply PFGE as a genotypic typing tool.
Material & Methods: Two hundred and five strains has received at the National Salmonella Phage Typing Centre, LHMC, New
Delhi were included in this study. All isolates were subjected to serotyping, biotyping, phage typing and then to antimicrobial
susceptibility testing by CLSI disk diffusion (CLSI) technique to Ciprofloxacin, Cefotaxime, Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol,
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole and Tetracycline. Subsequently, MIC of the isolates was determined by E-test. Pulsed Field
Gel Electrophoresis (CHEF DR-III Bio-Rad) was performed using Pulsnet protocol from CDC, USA. Results were analyzed
using Gel Compare II software (Applied Maths).
Results: In the north zone, 28 different PFGE profiles were obtained which were grouped in to 6 different groups. In the central
region, 28 different profiles were obtained which were grouped in 4 different groups. In the south region, 35 different profiles
were obtained which belonged to 10 different groups.
Conclusion: PFGE represents a good typing tool depicting more type ability than Phage Typing and should be used to see
molecular heterogeneity amongst S. Typhi strains.
Biography
Meenakshi Chaudhary is currently pursuing her PhD from Department of Microbiology; Lady Hardinge Medical College affiliated with University of Delhi under the supervision of Dr. V. S. Randhawa.