Changing trends in the prevalence of Shigella species: emergence of multi-drug resistant Shigella sonnei biotype g in Bangladesh.

Shigellosis, caused by Shigella species, is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. To determine the prevalence and distribution of different Shigella species, we analyzed 10,827 Shigella isolates from patients between 2001 and 2011. S. flexneri was the predominant species isolated throughout t...

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Main Authors: Abu I M S Ud-Din, Syeda U H Wahid, Hasan A Latif, Mohammad Shahnaij, Mahmuda Akter, Ishrat J Azmi, Trisheeta N Hasan, Dilruba Ahmed, Mohammad A Hossain, Abu S G Faruque, Shah M Faruque, Kaisar A Talukder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3867351?pdf=render