Shigella serotypes among hospitalized patients in urban Bangladesh and their antimicrobial resistance.
We studied the isolation of Shigella spp., and their antimicrobial resistance. S. flexneri (54 %) was most frequently isolated, followed by S. dysenteriae (20 %), S. boydii (16 %) and S. sonnei (10 %). Among S. flexneri (n = 122), 29 (24 %) were 2a, and 23 (19 %) were 2b. None of the Shigella strains were resistant to mecillinam or ciprofloxacin. Resistance to nalidixic acid was most frequent among S. dysenteriae type 1 (100%) followed by S. flexneri 2a (69%), and S. flexneri 2b (52 %). Systematic monitoring is needed to identify most prevalent serotypes, and to detect changes in the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern.
ICDDR.B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Khan
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Huq
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Malek
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Hossain
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Talukder
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Faruque
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Salam
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009268:Nalidixic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D015995:Prevalence; D012760:Shigella / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014504:Urban Health
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009268:Nalidixic Acid