Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from India
- L. Mensa,
- F. Marco,
- J. Vila,
- J. Gascón,
- J. Ruiz(corresponding author)
- Departament de Microbiologia,
- Hospital Clínic – Universitat de Barcelona,
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Pages 279-281 (3 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Clinical Microbiology and Infection (Volume 14, Issue 3)Publication milestones
- Published - 03/2008
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Published - 03/2008
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1198-743XPublication IDs
- Scopus: 38849205461
- PubMed: 18076667
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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The research of J. Ruiz is supported by project CP05/0130 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias. The Centre de Salut International is partially supported by the RICET and RCESP (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias). The research of J. Vila is supported by grants FIS05/0068 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and SGR050444 from the Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in relation to this work.
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Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya
-Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias
SGR050444
RICET
FIS05/0068
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