Abstract
The Shigella resistance locus (SRL), which is carried on the SRL pathogenicity island (PAI) in Shigella flexneri 2a YSH6000, mediates resistance to the antibiotics streptomycin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline. In the present study, we investigated the distribution and structural variation of the SRL and the SRL PAI in 71 Shigella isolates and 28 other enteric pathogens by PCR and Southern analysis. The SRL and SRL-related loci, although absent from the other enteric pathogens evaluated in this study, were found to be present in a number of Shigella isolates. SRL PAI markers were also present in the majority of strains carrying the SRL and SRL-related loci. PCR linkage studies with six of these strains demonstrated that the SRL is carried on elements similar in structure and organization to the YSH6000 SRL PAI, consistent with the hypothesis that the SRL PAI may be involved in the spread of multiple-antibiotic resistance in these strains.
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