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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Research Letter

Detection of OXA-181 Carbapenemase in Shigella flexneri

Ghulam Dhabaan1, Hassan Jamal1, Danielle Ouellette, Sarah Alexander, Karen Arane, Aaron Campigotto, Manal Tadros, and Pierre-Philippe Piché-RenaudComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (G. Dhabaan, H. Jamal, S. Alexander, K. Arane, A. Campigotto, M. Tadros, P.-P. Piché-Renaud); University of Toronto, Toronto (G. Dhabaan, H. Jamal, S. Alexander, K. Arane, A. Campigotto, M. Tadros, P.-P. Piché-Renaud); King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (H. Jamal); Western University, London, Ontario (D. Ouellette)

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Table 2

Antibiotic-resistance genes detected within the plasmid recovered from a Shigella flexneri bacteria cultured from an immunocompromised patient sample, based on the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database,* Canada

Gene Phenotypic resistance
OXA-181 Carbapenems
qnrS1 Fluoroquinolones
mrx Macrolides
mphA Macrolides
ermB Macrolides

*Available at http://arpcard.mcmaster.ca.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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