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Emergence of resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins in Shigella flexneri subserotype 1c isolates from China.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2012
Qiu S, Xu X, Wang Y, Yang G, Wang Z, Wang H, Zhang L, Liu N, Chen C, Liu W, Li J, Su W, Jia L, Wang L, Jin H, Keim P, Yuan Z, Huang L, Song H
Abstract excerpt
We report here on the first identification of Shigella flexneri subserotype 1c in China. We also report the emergence of resistance to ciprofloxacin and third-generation cephalosporins in this subserotype 1c for the first time. Isolates of seven strains circulating in China yielded three new sequence types and seven pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, thus demonstrating the existence of high genetic...
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