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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Dutta, Shanta ; Dutta, Dharitri ; Dutta, Phalguni ; Matsushita, Shigeru ; Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ; ... More +
Dutta, Shanta ; Dutta, Dharitri ; Dutta, Phalguni ; Matsushita, Shigeru ; Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ; Yoshida, Shin-ichi Less -
Description:
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. dysenteriae 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.
Subject:
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Child
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Dysentery, Bacillary
Genes, MDR
Hospitalization
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Prevalence
Serotyping
Shigella Dysenteriae

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 9(11):1471-1474.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
India
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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