Third-Generation Cephalosporin Resistance in Shigella sonnei, Argentina

Shigella sonnei resistant to cefotaxime (but not to ceftazidime) was isolated for the first time in stool samples from a pediatric patient with vomiting and bloody diarrhea in northern Argentina. Microbiologic and biochemical tests confirmed the presence of an extended spectrum beta-lactamase displa...

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Main Authors: Marcela Radice, Cristina González, Pablo Power, María del Carmen Vidal, Gabriel Gutkind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/3/01-7313_article