Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia
Author(s) -
Kaisar A. Talukder,
Bijay K. Khajanchi,
Mohammed Aminul Islam,
Dilip Dutta,
Zhahirul Islam,
Ashrafus Safa,
Gulzar Khan,
Khorshed Alam,
Mohammad Anowar Hossain,
Sarala Malla,
S K Niyogi,
Mustafizur Rahman,
Haruo Watanabe,
G. Balakrish Nair,
David A. Sack
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh425
Subject(s) - shigella dysenteriae , ciprofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , shigella , virology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics , salmonella , gene , escherichia coli
The aim of the present study was to determine the clonal relationships of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated from south Asia, and S. dysenteriae 1 strains associated with epidemics in 1978, 1984 and 1994.
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