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. 2008 Mar;14(3):279-81.
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01903.x. Epub 2007 Dec 8.

Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from India

L Mensa  1 , F Marco, J Vila, J Gascón, J Ruiz
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Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from India

L Mensa et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2008 Mar.
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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.

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