Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Associated with Travel to India

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May;21(5):894-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141184.
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Keywords: India; Shigella sonnei; antimicrobial drug resistance; bacteria; ciprofloxacin; travel.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Humans
  • Iceland / epidemiology
  • India / epidemiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Shigella sonnei / drug effects*
  • Shigella sonnei / genetics
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Ciprofloxacin