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The prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sp. recovered from patients admitted to Bouali Hospital, Tehran, Iran during 1999-2001

(2007) The prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sp. recovered from patients admitted to Bouali Hospital, Tehran, Iran during 1999-2001. Pak J Biol Sci. pp. 2778-80. ISSN 1028-8880 (Print) 1028-8880

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Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of serotypes and antibiotic resistance in Shigella spp. isolated from patients admitted to Bouali hospital, Tehran, Iran during 1999 to 2001. All cases of shigellosis that were diagnosed according to their clinical pictures and microbial cultures were included in current study. Patients' age ranged from 12 to 89 years. Overall, 52 patients (56) and 41(44) were males and female, respectively. From a total of 90 Shigella isolates, 40 strains were identified as S. sonnei (45), 26 as S. flexneri (27.9), 3 as S. boydii (3) and 21 as S. dysenteriae (24). More than 95 of the isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and ceftizoxim, 70 to nalidixic acid and less than 50 to co-trimoxazole, tetracycline, ampicillin and fourazolodon.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Drug Resistance, Bacterial/*drug effects Dysentery, Bacillary/epidemiology/*microbiology Escherichia coli/drug effects Humans Inpatients Iran/epidemiology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Prevalence Shigella/drug effects/*isolation & purification
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Page Range: pp. 2778-80
Journal or Publication Title: Pak J Biol Sci
Journal Index: Pubmed
Volume: 10
Number: 16
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2007.2778.2780
ISSN: 1028-8880 (Print) 1028-8880
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/2220

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