1. Shigella dysenteriae Serotype 1, Kolkata, India.
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Dutta, Shanta, Dutta, Dharitri, Dutta, Phalguni, Matsushita, Shigeru, Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar, and Yoshida, Shin-ichi
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SHIGELLOSIS , *BACTERIAL diseases , *DYSENTERY , *DIARRHEA , *INTESTINAL diseases , *QUINOLONE antibacterial agents - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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