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CTX-M-3 type beta-lactamase producing Shigella sonnei isolates from pediatric bacillary dysentery cases.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2008
Acikgoz Ziya Cibali, Eser Ozgen Koseoglu, Kocagöz Sesin
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 153 clinical isolates of Shigella were screened for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production by double-disk synergy test. After being confirmed by the combined disk-test and inhibitor-combined E-test strips, all positive isolates were tested for the bla gene by PCR and the enzymes by isoelectric focusing. DNA sequencing of PCR products revealed that five Shigella sonnei isolates had...
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