Development of antibiotic resistance of type 1 Shigella dysenteriae strains (Shiga bacillus) isolated in Tananarive on the East coast of Madagascar
Cassel-Beraud, A.M.; Coulanges, P.; Richard, C.
Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar 56(1): 71-76
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-2495 PMID: 2699224 Document Number: 327723
From November 1988 to March 1989, 804 Malagasy children stools were studied and 37 Shigella strains isolated. 5 Shigella dysenteriae type 1 from Malagasy East coast (Mananjary), presented a multiply resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, sulphonamides and trimethoprim. This last resistance has recently appeared in this area.