Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Shigella isolates from humans in South Africa, 2003-2009

J Med Microbiol. 2012 Jan;61(Pt 1):162-164. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.033142-0. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Authors

Nomsa P Tau¹, Anthony M Smith^{2

1}, Arvinda Sooka¹, Karen H Keddy^{2

1}, For The Group For Enteric Respiratory And Meningeal Disease Surveillance In South Africa Germs-Sa

Affiliations

¹ Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 21903820
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.033142-0

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
Genotype
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Population Surveillance / methods
Shigella / classification
Shigella / drug effects
Shigella / genetics
Shigella / isolation & purification*
South Africa / epidemiology
Young Adult
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*
beta-Lactams / pharmacology

Substances

beta-Lactams
beta-lactamase CTX-M-15
beta-Lactamases