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Further studies on the antibiotic resistance of Shigella sonnei: I. Transferable antibiotic resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Joan R. Davies ,
W. N. Farrant  and
A. J. H. Tomlinson
Joan R. Davies
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, County Hall, London S.E. 1
W. N. Farrant
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, County Hall, London S.E. 1
A. J. H. Tomlinson
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, County Hall, London S.E. 1
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The incidence of antibiotic resistant strains of Sh. sonnei isolated in the London area is described. Strains were tested for their ability to transfer resistance to Most strains were resistant to sulphonamide and this resistance was transferable.

An increasing proportion of strains was resistant to 800 µg./ml. of streptomycin, but transferable streptomycin resistance was less common and often associated with tetracycline resistance.

The proportion of strains resistant to tetracycline fluctuated but this resistance was always transferred.

Ampicillin resistance was common; only those strains resistant to 500µg./ml. transferred this resistance.

Resistance to other antibiotics was very rare.

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Original Articles
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , September 1968 , pp. 471 - 477
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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