title: [The antimicrobial sensitivity and plasmid isolation in Plesiomonas shigelloides].
abstract: 30 strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from patients with acute diarrheal disease at different health centers of the country were studied. The were phenotypically characterized by conventional biochemical tests and the antimicrobial susceptibility to 11 drugs was determined by the Kirby Bauer's method. It was found that the strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides were sensitive to 7 and resistant to 6 of the investigated drugs. The presence of plasmids in 12 of the 29 analyzed strains was determined and the diversity in their plasmidic patterns was proved.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bravo Fariñas
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: de Paula Almeida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maestre Mesa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramírez Alvarez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: García Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial