In Canada, the number of human isolates of verotoxigenic (VT+ve) Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from diarrhoeal cases and haemolytic uraemic syndrome and haemorrhagic colitis has increased from 25 in 1982 ...

A phage-typing system for Salmonella hadar was developed. Fifteen phages isolated from untreated sewage were used to phage-type 55 isolates of S. hadar recovered from avian and other animal species.

Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) is the gold standard for high discriminatory typing of Salmonella and the only generic method for typing all serovars, according to an EU report. The study ...

The methods for typing and epidemiological study for especially antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been issued but there are the debates regarding which method is best for this purpose. The purpose of ...

The spread of drug-resistant bacteria is a global health concern and could once again become a leading cause of mortality. The World Health Organization has flagged carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter ...

Collateral damage to normal microbiota, which can be associated with the use of less-specific chemical antibacterials, [4] is avoided. Nonetheless, there are several challenges that must be addressed ...