Genetic characterization of Shigella flexneri isolated from the diarrheic patients in Seoul region
2006
Seung, H.J. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Kim, M.S. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Oh, Y.H. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Choi, B.H. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chae, H.S. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chu, J.Q. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea) | Jun, M.H. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: mhjun@cnu.ac.kr
The shigellae are common etiological agents of bacillary dysentery in humans and primates. During four years from 2002 to 2005, 22 strains of Shigella spp. were isolated from the diarrheic patients in Seoul region. All of them were identified as S. flexneri by biochemical tests and serotyping. The prevalence of serotypes were variable by year, but the major serotypes were 2a and 3a. In an antimicrobial susceptibility test, all of the isolates were resistant to streptomycin and tetracycline, and susceptible to amikacin, kanamycin, cefoxitin, and gentamicin.
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