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Epidemic strains of Shigella sonnei biotype g carrying integrons
Christopher J McIver1, Peter A White, Louisa A Jones
1Virology Division, Department of Microbiology, SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 30, 2002
Abstract:
Class 2 integrons (Tn7) were found in all randomly selected epidemic (n = 27) and preepidemic (n = 13) strains of multiresistant Shigella sonnei biotype g. A class 1 integron was also found in two epidemic strains. Gene cassettes within these integrons account for resistance to commonly used therapeutic agents.