title: [Drug resistance of Shigella strains isolated in Central Italy during 1969-1976 (author's transl)].
abstract: Only ninety-three strains of Shigella, eightyseven of which have been identified as S. sonnei and six as S. flexneri were collected during 1969-1976 at the Pathogen Enterobacteria Centre of Pisa in Central Italy, as evidence of an epidemiological situation marked by a rare occurrence of syndromes related to these organisms. The collected strains were tested with disks of nine antibacterial drugs in common use: the survey detected sensitivity of all the strains to cephaloridine, ampicillin, carbenicillin, kanamycin and gentamicin, whereas a fair percentage of resistance appeared to streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole. Both within multiresistant strains and those characterized by single resistances (forty-three of them in all), were present strains capable of transferring different drug resistance patterns to E. coli K-12, as evidence of being under extrachromosomial genetic control.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology*; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000187:drug effects*; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Antibiotico-resistenza di stipiti di Shigella isolati nel periodo 1969-1976 nell'Italia Centrale.