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. 2013 Mar;57(3):1549-51.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.02102-12. Epub 2013 Jan 14.

High prevalence of antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of integrons among Shigella isolates in Eastern China

Yun Shen  1 , Huimin Qian, Junjun Gong, Feifei Deng, Chen Dong, Lu Zhou, Hongxiong Guo
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High prevalence of antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of integrons among Shigella isolates in Eastern China

Yun Shen et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

A total of 747 Shigella isolates were collected from hospitals in Jiangsu Province of China. Susceptibilities to antimicrobials and integrons were tested. A total of 78.3% of S. flexneri isolates and a total of 74.3% S. sonei isolates were resistant to at least three antibiotics. Of the Shigella isolates, 74.7% had integron I and 82.6% had integron II. The conjunction of the high prevalence of integrons in Shigella and high resistance to antimicrobials will lead to rapid dissemination of resistant genes in this region.

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