Antimicrobial-resistant Shigella infections from Iran: an overlooked problem?
Author(s) -
Mercedeh Tajbakhsh,
Lourdes MiguraGarcía,
Mohammad Rahbar,
Christina Aaby Svendsen,
Mona Mohammadzadeh,
Mohammad Reza Zali,
Frank M. Aarestrup,
René S. Hendriksen
Publication year - 2012
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/dks023
Subject(s) - shigella , shigella flexneri , shigella sonnei , microbiology and biotechnology , nalidixic acid , shigella dysenteriae , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , shigella boydii , biology , ciprofloxacin , cephalosporin , antibiotic resistance , shigellosis , antibiotics , genotype , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
In this study, we wanted to assess the level of antimicrobial resistance, the presence of genes encoding resistance to cephalosporins and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR), and genetic relatedness among Shigella isolates obtained from Iranian patients.
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