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- Title
Shigella serotypes among hospitalized patients in urban Bangladesh and their antimicrobial resistance.
- Authors
A. I. KHAN; S. HUQ; M. A. MALEK; M. I. HOSSAIN; K. A. TALUKDER; A. S. G. FARUQUE; M. A. SALAM; D. A. SACK
- Abstract
We studied the isolation of Shigella spp., and their antimicrobial resistance. S. flexneri (54%) was most frequently isolated, followed by S. dysenteriae (20%), S. boydii (16%) and S. sonnei (10%). Among S. flexneri (n=122), 29 (24%) were 2a, and 23 (19%) were 2b. None of the Shigella strains were resistant to mecillinam or ciprofloxacin. Resistance to nalidixic acid was most frequent among S. dysenteriae type 1 (100%) followed by S. flexneri 2a (69%), and S. flexneri 2b (52%). Systematic monitoring is needed to identify most prevalent serotypes, and to detect changes in the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern.
- Subjects
SHIGELLA; ANTI-infective agents; CIPROFLOXACIN; ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2004, Vol 132, Issue 4, p773
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0950268804002134