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Multidrug-Resistant Atypical Variants of Shigella flexneri in China - Vol. 19 No. 7 - July 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

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Multidrug-Resistant Atypical Variants of Shigella flexneri in China - Vol. 19 No. 7 - July 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

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Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013

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Multidrug-Resistant Atypical Variants of Shigella flexneri in China

Shaofu Qiu1, Yong Wang1, Xuebin Xu1, Peng Li1, Rongzhang Hao1, Chaojie Yang1, Nan Liu1, Zhenjun Li1, Zhongqiang Wang1, Jian Wang1, Zhihao Wu1, Wenli Su1, Guang Yang1, Huiming Jin1, Ligui Wang1, Yansong Sun, Zhengan Yuan, Liuyu Huang, and Hongbin SongComments to Author
Author affiliations: Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (S. Qiu, Y. Wang, P. Li, R. Hao, C. Yang, N. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Wu, W. Su, G. Yang, L. Wang, Y. Sun, L. Huang, H. Song); Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China (X. Xu, H. Jin, Z. Yuan); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (Z. Li)
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Abstract

We identified 3 atypical Shigella flexneri varieties in China, including 92 strains with multidrug resistance, distinct pulse types, and a novel sequence type. Atypical varieties were prevalent mainly in developed regions, and 1 variant has become the dominant Shigella spp. serotype in China. Improved surveillance will help guide the prevention and control of shigellosis.
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), which is of particular concern in developing countries. Shigella spp. are leading bacterial causes of diarrhea, responsible for >80 million cases of bloody diarrhea and 700,000 deaths each year (2), and S. flexneri serotype 2a has been recognized as the most prevalent serotype in China for many years (3). To better understand the etiology of bacterial diarrhea in China and to determine if S. flexneri serotype 2a is still the most prevalent serotype in China, we conducted a study during May 2008–December 2010.

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A total of 10,021 fecal samples were obtained from patients with diarrhea or dysentery at hospitals in 8 provinces within the eastern, southern, western, northern, and central regions of China: Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, and Hebei Provinces. Samples were screened for the presence of Shigella spp. by using API 20E strips (bioMérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France). Serotyping was performed by using 1) an antisera kit specific for all type- and group-factor antigens (Denka Seiken, Tokyo, Japan) and 2) a panel of monoclonal antibodies against S. flexneri (MASF; Reagensia AB, Stockholm, Sweden). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by the disk diffusion method as described (4). Genetic relationships were estimated by using multilocus sequence typing, as described (5), and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) (6).

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