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

A. I. Khan; S. Huq; M. A. Malek; M. I. Hossain; K. A. Talukder; A. S.G. Faruque; M. A. Salam; D. A. Sack

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

A. I. Khan, S. Huq, M. A. Malek, M. I. Hossain, K. A. Talukder, A. S.G. Faruque, M. A. Salam, D. A. Sack

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	773-777
Number of pages	5
Journal	Epidemiology and infection
Volume	132
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268804002134
State	Published - Aug 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Infectious Diseases

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