Epidemiological characterization of resistance and PCR typing of Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei strains isolated from bacillary dysentery cases in Southeast Brazil

Shigella spp are Gram-negative, anaerobic facultative, non-motile, and non-sporulated bacilli of the Enterobacteriaceae family responsible for "Shigellosis" or bacillary dysentery, an important cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. However, despite this, there are very few epidemiolo...

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Main Authors: M.P.A. Penatti, L.M. Hollanda, G. Nakazato, T.A. Campos, M. Lancellotti, M. Angellini, M. Brocchi, M.M.M. Rocha, W. Dias da Silveira
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000200012

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