Chu YW, Houang ET, Lyon DJ, Ling JM, Ng TK, Cheng AF. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Hong Kong, 1986 to 1995.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998;
42:440-3. [PMID:
9527803 PMCID:
PMC105431 DOI:
10.1128/aac.42.2.440]
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Abstract
Three hundred and thirty-three Shigella isolates obtained in 1986 to 1995 were tested for their susceptibilities to 19 antimicrobial agents. Nalidixic acid resistance had emerged in 59.6% of Shigella flexneri isolates during 1994 to 1995, with all tested resistant isolates having the mutation in gyrA encoding the Ser-83 alteration. Multiresistance (resistance to four or more agents) was more common in S. flexneri than in Shigella sonnei.
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