The correct typing of Salmonella is essential for epidemiological
investigation in infections and outbreaks. Numerous subtyping
methods have been developed, including pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
(PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). PFGE has
been commonly recognized as the gold standard method because of its good repeatability and high discriminatory power, and this
method is widely accepted for Salmonella subtyping and contamination
tracing