title: First Description ofShigella sonneiHarboringblaCTX-M-55Outside Asia.
abstract: Shigella sonneiharboringblaCTX-M-55was isolated outside of Asia for the first time. TheblaCTX-M-55gene was found to be downstream ofISEcp-1and located in a ~130 kb conjugative plasmid belonging to theI1incompatibility group. The strain was recovered from a 7-year-old Ecuadorian girl with watery diarrhea who had not travelled abroad. Recent local data describe the emergence ofblaCTX-M-55and other variants typically found in Asia in the Andean Region, suggesting that increased travel of humans and trade relationships with Asian countries are influencing the current Ecuadorian bacterial resistance situation.
authors: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito 170511, Ecuador.|Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito 170104, Ecuador.
authors: Jeannete
authors: J
authors: Zurita
authors: Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito 170104, Ecuador.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Ortega-Paredes
authors: Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Quito 170104, Ecuador.
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Barba
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins
keywords: Asia; Ecuador; ISEcp-1; Shigella sonnei; blaCTX-M-55