Long-term comparison of antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella species between urban and rural Bangladesh

Erik H Klontz; Sumon Kumar Das; Dilruba Ahmed; Shahnawaz Ahmed; Mohammod Jobayer Chisti; Mohammad Abdul Malek; Abu Syed Golam Faruque; Karl C Klontz

doi:10.1093/cid/ciu040

Long-term comparison of antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella species between urban and rural Bangladesh

Clin Infect Dis. 2014 May;58(9):e133-6. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu040. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Authors

Erik H Klontz¹, Sumon Kumar Das, Dilruba Ahmed, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Karl C Klontz

Affiliation

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

From 2000 to 2012, Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella species isolates from urban Dhaka and rural Matlab were tested for resistance to all clinically relevant antibiotics in Bangladesh. Resistances in urban and rural Bangladesh tended to rise and fall together, especially a few years after the introduction of new resistance.

Keywords: Bangladesh; Shigella; Vibrio cholerae; antibiotic resistance; urban vs rural.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bangladesh
Drug Resistance, Microbial*
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Rural Population
Shigella / drug effects*
Shigella / isolation & purification
Urban Population
Vibrio cholerae O1 / drug effects*
Vibrio cholerae O1 / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents