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Antibiotic resistance patterns and plasmid profiles for Shigella spp. isolated in Cordoba, Argentina
N E Brito-Alayon1, A M Blando, C Monzon-Moreno
1Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
The antimicrobial resistance patterns and plasmid profile analyses for 30 Shigella spp. isolated in Cordoba, Argentina, were determined. Most strains were resistant to multiple antibiotics, particularly traditional agents such as ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim. All isolates harboured at least one plasmid (range 1-12), the plasmid profiles differing in every case. Nineteen strains transferred all or some of their resistance determinants by conjugation.