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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
A Case of Diarrhea Caused by Shigella boydii Did Not React to any Antisera of the Established Shigella Serovars |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Tomokazu Kuchibiro1), Kaori Miyata2), Maho Kawamura3), Akemi Kai3) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Clinical Laboratory, Naga Municipal Hospital
2) Department of Internal Medicine, Naga Municipal Hospital
3) Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 22 (4), 284-288, 2012 |
| Received |
July 5, 2012 |
| Accepted |
September 13, 2012 |
| Abstract |
We report a rare case of traveler's diarrhea caused by Shigella boydii in Japan. The patient is a 17-year-old male. He had traveled to India and was ademitted to our hospital due to diarrhea, fever and abdomonal pain two days after he came home. The biochemical profile of the isolate produced by a Vitek2 compact identification system from his stool was of Shigella group. But the organism did not react with any of the established Shigella serovars' antisera. The organism was further assessed and identified as new S. byidii serovar SM00-27 eventually at Tokyo metropolitan institute of public health. This strain was resistant to tetracycloine, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim and nalidixic acid. And the strain was low level resistance to fluoroquinolone. |
| Keywords |
Shigella boydii |
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