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Drug resistance profiles and clonality of sporadic Shigella sonnei isolates in Ankara, Turkey.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Jan 2014
Kacmaz Birgul, Unaldi Ozlem, Sultan Nedim, Durmaz Riza
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The aims of this study were to investigate drug resistance rates, types of extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs), and molecular epidemiological characteristics of 43 Shigella sonnei isolates. Ampicillin-sulbactam, amoxicillin-clavulanate, chloramphenicol, and ciprofloxacin were the most active antibiotics. Five isolates harbored bla SHV-12, bla(TEM-1) and bla(CTX-M-15). More than 90% of the isolates had an...
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