Shigella serotypes among hospitalized patients in urban Bangladesh and their antimicrobial resistance

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 r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2004-08, Vol.132 (4), p.773-777
Hauptverfasser:	KHAN, A. I., HUQ, S., MALEK, M. A., HOSSAIN, M. I., TALUKDER, K. A., FARUQUE, A. S. G., SALAM, M. A., SACK, D. A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acids Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antibiotic resistance Antigens Antimicrobial agents Antimicrobials Bacillary dysentery Bacteriology Bangladesh - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - etiology Cross Infection - microbiology Developing countries Displaced persons Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Dysentery Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology Dysentery, Bacillary - microbiology Epidemics Epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Guardians Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Infections Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbiology Miscellaneous Nalidixic Acid - pharmacology Patients Prevalence Shigella Shigella - classification Shigella - drug effects Shigella - isolation & purification Shigella boydii Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella sonnei Shigellosis Short Reports Urban Health
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0950-2688 1469-4409
DOI:	10.1017/S0950268804002134