title: Antimicrobial resistance patterns and characterization of integrons of Shigella sonnei isolates in Seoul, 1999-2008.
abstract: A total of 66 Shigella sonnei isolates from 1999 to 2008 in Seoul was analyzed for their antimicrobial resistance, carriage of integron, and the patterns of Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). A high level of antimicrobial resistance to streptomycin (100%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (95%), tetracycline (94%), nalidixic acid (65%), and ampicillin (41%) was observed among S. sonnei isolates. Fourteen profiles of antimicrobial resistance were identified with the most common resistance profile being nalidixic acid, streptomycin, tetracycline, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (35%). PCR and DNA sequencing analysis revealed the presence of class 2 integron in all isolates, and class 1 and 2 integrons in 7 isolates. The class 2 integron carried two types of gene cassettes. One cassette array was dfrI, sat2, and aadA1 (91%), and the other was dfr1 and sat1 (8%). dfrA12 and aadA2 gene cassette was found in one isolate containing class 1 integron. PFGE was carried out to examine the genetic relatedness among isolates. All isolates except for one showed similar PFGE patterns (similarity of 80.1%). These results suggest that the S. sonnei isolated during 1999-2008 in Seoul have similar lineages that have not undergone evolutionary changes with time.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, 137-134, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Young-hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Ji-hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Soo-jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-ah
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki-young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Min-young
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seog-gee
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-ki
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial