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| Pourakbari,Babak; Mamishi,Setareh; Mashoori,Negar; Mahboobi,Nastaran; Ashtiani,Mohammad H; Afsharpaiman,Shahla; Abedini,Masomeh. |
| Appropriate antimicrobial treatment of shigellosis depends on identifying its changing resistance pattern over time. We evaluated 15,255 stool culture submitted from July 2001 to June 2006 to the Laboratory of Children Medical Center Hospital. Specimen culture, bacterial identification, and disk diffusion susceptibility testing were performed according to National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines. From 15,255 stool samples, 682 (4.5%) were positive for Shigella species. The most common species of Shigella were S. flexneri (48%) and S. sonnei (45%); other results were S. dysenteriae (5%) and S. boydii (2%). The rate of Sensitivity to ceftriaxone (95%), ceftizoxime (94%), and nalidixic acid (84%) were among our isolates. Resistance to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Shigella; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Dysentery. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200007 |
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