CTX-M-55-Type Extended-Spectrum beta-lactamase-Producing Shigella sonnei Isolated from a Korean Patient Who Had Travelled to China
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
; : 141-144, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-216008
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
We report a case of CTX-M-55-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Shigella sonnei infection in a 27-year-old Korean woman who had traveled to China. The patient was admitted to the hospital due to abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, and fever (39.3degrees C). S. sonnei was isolated from her stool specimens, and the pathogen was found to be resistant to cefotaxime due to CTX-M-55-type ESBL. Insertion sequence (IS)Ecp1 was found upstream of the blaCTX-M-55 gene. The blaCTX-M-55 gene was transferred from the S. sonnei isolate to an Escherichia coli J53 recipient by conjugation. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Southern blotting revealed that the blaCTX-M-55 gene was located on a plasmid of approximately 130 kb.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
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Zoonoses
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Plasmids
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Shigella sonnei
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Travel
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Beta-Lactamases
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Cefotaxime
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China
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Asian People
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Dysentery, Bacillary
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article