Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance among Different Serotypes of Shigella flexneri Isolated from Jiangsu Province of China During 2001-2011

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018 May 24;71(3):256-257. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.275. Epub 2018 Apr 27.
No abstract available

Keywords: PMQR genes; S. flexneri; aac(6')-Ib-cr; serotypes.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Quinolones / pharmacology*
  • Serogroup
  • Shigella flexneri / drug effects*
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics
  • Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Quinolones