Title
Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from India
Date Issued
01 January 2008
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Abstract
Among 200 isolates of Shigella from patients with travellers' diarrhoea, 12 isolates (four isolated in 1995-2000 and eight in 2001-2004) exhibited quinolone resistance. Nine of these isolates originated from India. These resistant isolates had at least one amino-acid substitution in GyrA. Quinolone resistance is increasing in Shigella spp. causing travellers' diarrhoea, and particularly among isolates causing diarrhoea in travellers returning from India. © 2008 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Start page
279
End page
281
Volume
14
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-38849205461
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
ISSN of the container
1198743X
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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