title: Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1, Kolkata, India.
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. dysenteriae 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India. shanta1232001@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Shanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Sharitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Phalguni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Sujit Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019450:Genes, MDR; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012703:Serotyping; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification