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- Title
Shigella dysenteriae Serotype 1, Kolkata, India.
- Authors
Dutta, Shanta; Dutta, Dharitri; Dutta, Phalguni; Matsushita, Shigeru; Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar; Yoshida, Shin-ichi
- Abstract
Since July 2002, bacteriologically confirmed shigellosis cases have increased, and multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 strains have reemerged in patients hospitalized with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. The isolated strains of S. dysentedae 1 showed resistance to chloramphenicol (80%), ampicillin (100%), tetracycline (100%), co-trimoxazole (100%), nalidixic acid (100%), norfloxacin (100%), and ciprofloxacin (100%). Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in S. dysenteriae 1 strains complicated treatment of shigellosis patients. Six strains belonging to provisional serovars of S. dysenteriae were also identified for the first time in patients hospitalized with diarrhea in Kolkata, India.
- Subjects
SHIGELLOSIS; BACTERIAL diseases; DYSENTERY; DIARRHEA; INTESTINAL diseases; QUINOLONE antibacterial agents
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 11, p1471
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0911.020652