Volume 14, Number 8—August 2008
Dispatch
Macrolide-Resistant Shigella sonnei
Leyla Boumghar-Bourtchai*, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian†, Edouard Bingen†, Ingrid Filliol, Anne Dhalluin*§, Shadia Ait Ifrane†, François-Xavier Weill, and Roland Leclercq*
Table
Macrolide susceptibility of outbreak and control Shigella isolates and Escherichia coli constructs
| Strain | MIC, mg/L | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erythromycin | Clarithromycin | Azithromycin | Telithromycin | |
| Shigella sonnei UCN 62 | 64 | 32 | 2 | 8 |
| S. sonnei UCN 59 | 1,024 | 1,024 | 64 | 64 |
| Escherichia coli K12 AG100A | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| E. coli K12 AG100A/pUV21 | 512 | 512 | 8 | 32 |
| E. coli K12 AG100A/pUC18Ωmph(A) | >1,024 | 512 | 128 | 512 |
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