High genetic similarity between non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from paired blood and stool samples of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Marie-France Phoba (Author), Barbara Barbé (Author), Benedikt Ley (Author), Sandra Van Puyvelde (Author), Annelies Post (Author), Wesley Mattheus (Author), Stijn Deborggraeve (Author), Octavie Lunguya (Author), Jan Jacobs (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serotypes Typhimurium and Enteritidis are a major cause of bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa but their reservoir is unknown. We compared pairs of NTS blood and stool isolates (with the same NTS serotype recovered in the same patient) f...