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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2004, p. 681-684, Vol. 48, No. 2
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.681-684.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clonal Multidrug-Resistant Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 Strains Associated with Epidemic and Sporadic Dysenteries in Eastern India

Gururaja Perumal Pazhani,1 Bhaswati Sarkar,1 Thandavarayan Ramamurthy,1 S. K. Bhattacharya,1 Yoshifumi Takeda,2 and S. K. Niyogi1*

National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India,1 Jissen Women's College, Tokyo, Japan2

Received 9 July 2003/ Returned for modification 26 August 2003/ Accepted 13 October 2003

Multidrug-resistant strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 were implicated in three outbreaks and sporadic cases of dysentery in eastern India in 2002 and 2003. After a hiatus of 14 years, this pathogen reemerged with an altered antibiotic resistance pattern. In addition to ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and nalidixic acid, all the recent strains were resistant to norfloxacin, lomefloxacin, pefloxacin, and ofloxacin and showed reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis identified a new clone of S. dysenteriae type 1 that was associated with the recent outbreaks and sporadic cases. Based on the spatial and temporal spread of multidrug-resistant S. dysenteriae type 1, we predict that this clonal type may spread further in this region.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India. Phone: 91-33-2350-0448. Fax: 91-33-2350-5066. E-mail: niyogisk{at}hotmail.com.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2004, p. 681-684, Vol. 48, No. 2
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.681-684.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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