Fluoroquinolone Resistance Mechanisms of Shigella flexneri Isolated in Bangladesh

Ishrat J. Azmi,Bijay K. Khajanchi,Fatema Akter,Trisheeta N. Hasan,Mohammad Shahnaij,Mahmuda Akter,Atanu Banik,Halima Sultana,Mohammad Anowar Hossain,Mohammad K. Ahmed,Shah M. Faruque,Kaisar A. Talukder

Fluoroquinolone Resistance Mechanisms of Shigella flexneri Isolated in Bangladesh

2014

Ishrat J. Azmi
Bijay K. Khajanchi
Fatema Akter
Trisheeta N. Hasan
Mohammad Shahnaij
Mahmuda Akter
Atanu Banik
Halima Sultana
Mohammad Anowar Hossain
Mohammad K. Ahmed
Shah M. Faruque
Kaisar A. Talukder

Objective To investigate the prevalence and mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance in Shigella species isolated in Bangladesh and to compare with similar strains isolated in China.

Keywords:

DNA Topoisomerase IV
Shigellosis
Shigella flexneri
Microbiology
Shigella species
Antibiotic resistance
Shigella
Point mutation
Biology
Antibiotics
fluoroquinolone resistance
DNA gyrase

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