Emergence of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype 1d in China

• Published in: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 316 - 319
• Main Authors: Luo, Xia, Sun, Qiangzheng, Lan, Ruiting, Wang, Jianping, Li, Zhenjun, Xia, Shengli, Zhang, Jin, Wang, Yan, Jin, Dong, Wang, Yiting, Yuan, Xuejiao, Yu, Bo, Cui, Zhigang, Xu, Jianguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Bacteriophages - genetics; Bacteriophages - isolation & purification; Biological and medical sciences; China - epidemiology; Chromosomes, Bacterial; Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology; Dysentery, Bacillary - microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Internal Medicine; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Prophages - genetics; Prophages - isolation & purification; Serotype 1d; Serotype-converting bacteriophage; Serotyping; Shigella flexneri; Shigella flexneri - classification; Shigella flexneri - genetics; Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification; Shigella flexneri - virology; Virology; Asia; China; Serotype-converting bacteriophage; Shigella flexneri; Serotype 1d; Virus; Infection; Bacteria; Serotype; Enterobacteriaceae; Phage
• ISSN: 0732-8893; 1879-0070
• DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.06.022

Abstract We report on the isolation of 5 Shigella flexneri strains displaying a novel serotype, 1d, that shares serologic features from both S. flexneri serotypes 1a and X. The 1d strains contained serotype-converting bacteriophages SfI and SfX in tandem on the chromosome. These strains were likely originated from serotype X strains through SfI infection.