Abstract
BackgroundShigella species are an important cause of diarrhea in developing countries. These bacteria normally acquire their antibiotic resistance via several different mobile genetic elements including plasmids, transposons, and integrons involving gene cassettes. During a diarrhea surveillance study in Thimphu, Bhutan in June and July, 2011, Shigella sonnei were isolated more frequently than expected. This study describes the antibiotic resistance of these S. sonnei isolates.MethodsA total of 29 S. sonnei isolates from Thimphu, Bhutan was characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility by disc diffusion assay and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay. All isolates were tested by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with restriction enzyme XbaI and were tested for plasmid. The plasmid patterns and the PFGE patterns were analyzed by Bionumerics software. DNA sequencing was performed on amplified products for gyraseA gene and class 1 and class 2 integrons. S. sonnei isolates were classified for incompatibility of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT).ResultsThese S. sonnei were resistant to multiple drugs like ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, streptomycin, and tetracycline but susceptible to azithromycin. All isolates had class 2 integrons dfrA1, sat1 and aadA1 genes. Two point mutations in Gyrase A subunit at position Ser83Leu and Asp87Gly were detected in these quinolone resistant isolates. The plasmid and PFGE patterns of S. sonnei isolates suggested a clonal relationship of the isolates. All isolates carried common ColE plasmid. ColE plasmid co-resided with B/O plasmid (nine isolates) or I1 plasmid (one isolate).ConclusionsThe characteristics of 29 S. sonnei isolates from Thimphu, Bhutan in June and July, 2011 are identical in PFGE, plasmid and resistance pattern. This study suggests that these recent S. sonnei isolates are clonally related and multidrug-resistant.
Highlights
Shigella species are an important cause of diarrhea in developing countries
Shigella sonnei isolates During the surveillance study from March 2011 to February 2013 at Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu, Bhutan, a total of 1,133 children from 3 months to 5 years of age were studied
During the apparent outbreak of S. sonnei in Thimphu, Bhutan in June and July 2011, a total of 25 S. sonnei were isolated from cases and 4 S. sonnei were isolated from asymptomatic controls
Summary
Shigella species are an important cause of diarrhea in developing countries These bacteria normally acquire their antibiotic resistance via several different mobile genetic elements including plasmids, transposons, and integrons involving gene cassettes. During a diarrhea surveillance study in Thimphu, Bhutan in June and July, 2011, Shigella sonnei were isolated more frequently than expected. In the Annual Health Bulletin, Bhutan reported an average of 60,000-70,000 cases of diarrhea and 25,000-30,000 cases of dysentery per year from 2005–2009. During a diarrhea surveillance study in Thimphu, Bhutan from March 2011 to February 2013, Shigella sonnei was isolated from children’s stool samples more frequently than expected in June and July 2011
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