TY - JOUR AU - Qiu, Shaofu AU - Wang, Yong AU - Xu, Xuebin AU - Li, Peng AU - Hao, Rongzhang AU - Yang, Chaojie AU - Liu, Nan AU - Li, Zhenjun AU - Wang, Zhongqiang AU - Wang, Jian AU - Wu, Zhihao AU - Su, Wenli AU - Yang, Guang AU - Jin, Huiming AU - Wang, Ligui AU - Sun, Yansong AU - Yuan, Zhengan AU - Huang, Liuyu AU - Song, Hongbin T1 - Multidrug-Resistant Atypical Variants of Shigella flexneri in China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 7 SP - 1147 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We identified 3 atypical Shigella flexneri varieties in China, including 92 strains with multidrug resistance, distinct pulse types, and a novel sequence type. Atypical varieties were prevalent mainly in developed regions, and 1 variant has become the dominant Shigella spp. serotype in China. Improved surveillance will help guide the prevention and control of shigellosis. KW - Shigella flexneri KW - multidrug resistance KW - pulse type KW - sequence type KW - atypical KW - variants KW - China KW - diarrheal disease KW - shigellosis KW - gram-negative bacteria KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - enteric infections DO - 10.3201/eid1907.111221 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/11-1221_article ER - End of Reference