TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and characterization of human Shigella infections in Henan Province, China, in 2006.
AU - Xia, S.
AU - Xu, B.
AU - Huang, L.
AU - Zhao, J. Y.
AU - Ran, L.
AU - Zhang, J.
AU - Chen, H.
AU - Pulsrikarn, C.
AU - Pornruangwong, S.
AU - Aarestrup, Frank Møller
AU - Hendriksen, Rene S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In 2006, 3531 fecal samples were collected from patients with diarrhea in Henan Province, China. A total of 467 (13.2%) Shigella strains were isolated and serotyped. Seventy-one Shigella flexneri strains were characterized by MIC determination, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and detection of genes encoding cephalosporin resistance. Most infections were caused by S. flexneri variant X [IV:(7),8] (27.6%), S. sonnei (24.2%), and S. flexneri 2a (20.8%). However, large regional differences were observed. Significantly higher odds (2.0) of females compared to males were infected with S. flexneri 2a. Untypeable S. flexneri (–:6) isolates were absent among males, as were untypeable S. flexneri [I:(7),8] isolates among females. Patient ages ranged from 2 months to 82 years, with 231 subjects (49.7%)
AB - In 2006, 3531 fecal samples were collected from patients with diarrhea in Henan Province, China. A total of 467 (13.2%) Shigella strains were isolated and serotyped. Seventy-one Shigella flexneri strains were characterized by MIC determination, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and detection of genes encoding cephalosporin resistance. Most infections were caused by S. flexneri variant X [IV:(7),8] (27.6%), S. sonnei (24.2%), and S. flexneri 2a (20.8%). However, large regional differences were observed. Significantly higher odds (2.0) of females compared to males were infected with S. flexneri 2a. Untypeable S. flexneri (–:6) isolates were absent among males, as were untypeable S. flexneri [I:(7),8] isolates among females. Patient ages ranged from 2 months to 82 years, with 231 subjects (49.7%)
U2 - 10.1128/JCM.01508-10
DO - 10.1128/JCM.01508-10
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21068291
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 49
SP - 232
EP - 242
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -