Infection of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Shigella flexneri in Children Attending a Childcare Center in Korea.
10.14776/piv.2016.23.3.223
- Author:
Eun Woo NAM
1
;
Kun Song LEE
;
Junyoung KIM
;
Cheon Kwon YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. pdlks@dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Shigella;
Beta-lactamases
- MeSH:
beta-Lactamases;
Child*;
Drug Resistance, Microbial;
Enteritis;
Humans;
Incidence;
Korea*;
Shigella flexneri*;
Shigella sonnei;
Shigella*
- From:Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
2016;23(3):223-228
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Shigella is a common cause of bacterial enteritis worldwide. Shigella sonnei accounts for 90% of Shigella infections and Shigella flexneri is rarely reported in Korea. Although the incidence of Shigella infection has decreased, the incidence of organisms with antibiotic resistance has gradually increased in Korea. An outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing S. sonnei in children was reported in Korea; however, ESBL-producing S. flexneri has not yet been reported. We report the first two cases of multidrug-resistant CTX-M-14-producing S. flexneri infections in Korean children.
