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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 421-423, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.421-423.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Changes in Patterns of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Integron Carriage among Shigella sonnei Isolates from Southwestern Korea during Epidemic Periods

Jae Young Oh,1 Hak Sun Yu,2 Sung Ki Kim,2 Seong Yong Seol,2 Dong Taek Cho,2 and Je Chul Lee3*

Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, ChunPook 590-711,1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu 700-422,2 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Taejeon 301-832, Korea3

Received 9 May 2002/ Returned for modification 23 June 2002/ Accepted 6 October 2002

Shigella sonnei isolates from southwestern Korea during the epidemic periods of 1998 to 2000 were genetically related. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of the outbreak-related isolates changed annually. All isolates carried class 2 integrons, and the outbreak-related isolates from 1999 also carried class 1 integrons. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of S. sonnei isolates are readily changed by antibiotic selective pressures, and integrons are responsible for resistance to antimicrobial agents commonly used to treat shigellosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Eulji University, 143-5, Yongdu 2-dong, Jung-gu, Taejeon 301-832, Korea. Phone: (82) 42-259-1079. Fax: (82) 42-259-1085. E-mail: leejc{at}emc.eulji.ac.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 421-423, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.421-423.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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