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SUBMITTER: Chung The H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5320628 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung The Hao H Rabaa Maia A MA Thanh Duy Pham DP Ruekit Sirigade S Wangchuk Sonam S Dorji Tshering T Tshering Kinzang Pem KP Nguyen To Nguyen Thi TNT Vinh Phat Voong PV Thanh Tuyen Ha TH Minh Chau Nguyen Ngoc CNN Turner Paul P Sar Poda P Thwaites Guy G Holt Kathryn E KE Thomson Nicholas R NR Bodhidatta Ladaporn L Jeffries Mason Carl C Baker Stephen S
Microbial genomics 20151224 6
<i>Shigella sonnei</i> is a major contributor to the global burden of diarrhoeal disease, generally associated with dysenteric diarrhoea in developed countries but also emerging in developing countries. The reason for the recent success of <i>S. sonnei</i> is unknown, but is likely catalysed by its ability to acquire resistance against multiple antimicrobials. Between 2011 and 2013, <i>S. sonnei</i> exhibiting resistance to fluoroquinolones, the first-line treatment recommended for shigellosis, ...[more]