Changes in Patterns of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Integron Carriage among Shigella sonnei Isolates from Southwestern Korea during Epidemic Periods
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (1) , 421-423
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.1.421-423.2003
Abstract
Shigella sonnei isolates from southwestern Korea during the epidemic periods of 1998 to 2000 were genetically related. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of the outbreak-related isolates changed annually. All isolates carried class 2 integrons, and the outbreak-related isolates from 1999 also carried class 1 integrons. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of S. sonnei isolates are readily changed by antibiotic selective pressures, and integrons are responsible for resistance to antimicrobial agents commonly used to treat shigellosis.Keywords
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