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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1538-1540, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1538-1540.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Epidemic Strains of Shigella sonnei Biotype g Carrying Integrons

Christopher J. McIver,1,2 Peter A. White,1,2 Louisa A. Jones,1,2 Tom Karagiannis,3 Jock Harkness,2,3 Deborah Marriott,2,3 and William D. Rawlinson1,2*

Virology Division, Department of Microbiology, SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales 2031,1 School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and School of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052,2 Microbiology Department, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia3

Received 15 October 2001/ Returned for modification 4 December 2001/ Accepted 4 January 2002

Class 2 integrons (Tn7) were found in all randomly selected epidemic (n = 27) and preepidemic (n = 13) strains of multiresistant Shigella sonnei biotype g. A class 1 integron was also found in two epidemic strains. Gene cassettes within these integrons account for resistance to commonly used therapeutic agents.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Virology Division, Department of Microbiology (SEALS), Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia. Phone: 61 2 9382 9050. Fax: 61 2 9398 4275. E-mail: w.rawlinson{at}unsw.edu.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1538-1540, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1538-1540.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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