Emergence of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype 4s strain that evolved from a serotype X variant in China

Shaofu Qiu; Zhongqiang Wang; Chen Chen; Nan Liu; Leili Jia; Wenjing Liu; Ligui Wang; Rongzhang Hao; Ling Zhang; Yong Wang; Hongbin Song

doi:10.1128/JCM.01946-10

Emergence of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype 4s strain that evolved from a serotype X variant in China

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Mar;49(3):1148-50. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01946-10. Epub 2010 Dec 22.

Authors

Shaofu Qiu¹, Zhongqiang Wang, Chen Chen, Nan Liu, Leili Jia, Wenjing Liu, Ligui Wang, Rongzhang Hao, Ling Zhang, Yong Wang, Hongbin Song

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 DongDa Street, FengTai District, Beijing 100071, China.

Abstract

This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques*
China
Cluster Analysis
DNA Fingerprinting
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
Evolution, Molecular*
Humans
Molecular Typing
Serotyping
Shigella flexneri / classification*
Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification*