Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella species isolated in Children Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 2001-2006. 2010

Babak Pourakbari, and Setareh Mamishi, and Negar Mashoori, and Nastaran Mahboobi, and Mohammad H Ashtiani, and Shahla Afsharpaiman, and Masomeh Abedini
Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Research Center, Department of Pediatrics-Infectious Disease, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 62 Gharib Street, Tehran, Iran.

Appropriate antimicrobial treatment of shigellosis depends on identifying its changing resistance pattern over time. We evaluated 15,255 stool culture submitted from July 2001 to June 2006 to the Laboratory of Children Medical Center Hospital. Specimen culture, bacterial identification, and disk diffusion susceptibility testing were performed according to National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines. From 15,255 stool samples, 682 (4.5%) were positive for Shigella species. The most common species of Shigella were S. flexneri (48%) and S. sonnei (45%); other results were S. dysenteriae (5%) and S. boydii (2%). The rate of sensitivity to ceftriaxone (95%), ceftizoxime (94%), and nalidixic acid (84%) were among our isolates. Resistance to co-trimoxazole and ampicillin was 87% and 86%, respectively. S. flexneri was more multiresistant than other species (47.9%). Our isolates are overall most sensitive to ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, and nalidixic acid (> 84%). They were most resistant to co-trimoxazole and ampicillin (> 86%). Because resistance varies according to specific location, continuous local monitoring of resistance patterns is necessary for the appropriate selection of empirical antimicrobial therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007492 Iran A country bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. The capital is Tehran. Islamic Republic of Iran
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004405 Dysentery, Bacillary DYSENTERY caused by gram-negative rod-shaped enteric bacteria (ENTEROBACTERIACEAE), most often by the genus SHIGELLA. Shigella dysentery, Shigellosis, is classified into subgroups according to syndrome severity and the infectious species. Group A: SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE (severest); Group B: SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; Group C: SHIGELLA BOYDII; and Group D: SHIGELLA SONNEI (mildest). Shigellosis,Dysentery, Shiga bacillus,Dysentery, Shigella boydii,Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae,Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae type 1,Dysentery, Shigella flexneri,Dysentery, Shigella sonnei,Shigella Dysentery,Shigella Infection,Bacillary Dysentery,Dysenteries, Shigella,Dysenteries, Shigella boydii,Dysenteries, Shigella dysenteriae,Dysenteries, Shigella flexneri,Dysenteries, Shigella sonnei,Dysentery, Shigella,Infection, Shigella,Infections, Shigella,Shiga bacillus Dysentery,Shigella Dysenteries,Shigella Infections,Shigella boydii Dysenteries,Shigella boydii Dysentery,Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries,Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery,Shigella flexneri Dysenteries,Shigella flexneri Dysentery,Shigella sonnei Dysenteries,Shigella sonnei Dysentery
D005243 Feces Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000900 Anti-Bacterial Agents Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA. Anti-Bacterial Agent,Anti-Bacterial Compound,Anti-Mycobacterial Agent,Antibacterial Agent,Antibiotics,Antimycobacterial Agent,Bacteriocidal Agent,Bacteriocide,Anti-Bacterial Compounds,Anti-Mycobacterial Agents,Antibacterial Agents,Antibiotic,Antimycobacterial Agents,Bacteriocidal Agents,Bacteriocides,Agent, Anti-Bacterial,Agent, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agent, Antibacterial,Agent, Antimycobacterial,Agent, Bacteriocidal,Agents, Anti-Bacterial,Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agents, Antibacterial,Agents, Antimycobacterial,Agents, Bacteriocidal,Anti Bacterial Agent,Anti Bacterial Agents,Anti Bacterial Compound,Anti Bacterial Compounds,Anti Mycobacterial Agent,Anti Mycobacterial Agents,Compound, Anti-Bacterial,Compounds, Anti-Bacterial
D012760 Shigella A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that ferments sugar without gas production. Its organisms are intestinal pathogens of man and other primates and cause bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
D052978 Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the strain to the agent. Bauer-Kirby Disk-Diffusion Method,Epsilometer Test,Etest,Kirby-Bauer Disk-Diffusion Method,Bauer Kirby Disk Diffusion Method,Disk-Diffusion Method, Bauer-Kirby,Disk-Diffusion Method, Kirby-Bauer,Epsilometer Tests,Etests,Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Method,Test, Epsilometer,Tests, Epsilometer

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