Chloramphenicol Resistance Gene CmlA1 of Shigella:The First Report in China / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate mechanisms of chloramphenicol resistance in multi-drug-resistant strains of Shigella.METHODS The strains of multi-resistant Shigella were detected with K-B susceptibility method.The genes(catB,cmlA)of chloramphenicol resistance were detected by polymerase chain reaction(PCR)and the DNA sequencing.RESULTS In 20 strains,the drug-resistance rate of Shigella to chloramphenicol was 70.0%.Two strains carried cmlA but no catB detected was out.The cmlA gene product sequence showed it was cmlA1.CONCLUSIONS The multiple-drug resistante cmlA1 is detected out.This is the first report in China.