[PDF] from cdc.govC Gaudreau, R Ratnayake, PA Pilon… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - cdc.gov Shigella spp. are enteropathogen bacteria that are transmitted person-to-person and require a low infectious inoculum (1). Fluoroquinolones are among the first-choice antimicrobial drugs for treatment of Shigella spp. infections in adults (1), but resistance to these agents has ... View as HTML
J Mitobe, I Yanagihara, K Ohnishi, S Yamamoto… - EMBO reports, 2011 - nature.com The expression of the type III secretion system—a main determinant of virulence in Shigella—is controlled by regulator cascades VirF-InvE (VirB) and CpxAR two-component system. A screen for mutants that restore virulence in the cpxA background led to the ...
[PDF] from dtic.milS Barnoy, S Baqar, R Kaminski, T Collins… - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier Shigella causes diarrhea and dysentery through contaminated food and water. Shigella sonnei live vaccine candidates WRSs2 and WRSs3 are attenuated principally by the loss of VirG(IcsA) that prevents bacterial spread within the colonic epithelium. In this respect they ... Related articles - All 4 versions
CY Chang, PL Lu, CC Lin, TM Lee… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - Soc General Microbiol This study analysed the presence, location and transferability of integrons and antibiotic resistance genes in 103 Shigella sonnei outbreak isolates and in 32 sporadic isolates from Taiwan. Multiple antimicrobial resistance was common in both outbreak (95 %) and sporadic (97 %) ... Related articles - All 4 versions
S Bertrand… - 2011 - ir.anet.ua.ac.be In the beginning of April 2008 three cases of Shigella sonnei infection were identified among the Orthodox Jewish community of Antwerp, Belgium. We conducted a descriptive study and a household cohort study to identify potential risk factors. Stool samples were cultured ... Cached