| genomic portrait of the evolution and epidemic spread of a recently emerged multidrug-resistant shigella flexneri clone in china. | shigella flexneri is the major cause of shigellosis in developing countries. a new s. flexneri serotype, xv, appeared in 2000 and replaced serotype 2a as the most prevalent serotype in china. serotype xv is a variant of serotype x, with phosphoethanolamine modification of its o antigen mediated by a plasmid that contained the opt gene. serotype xv isolates belong to sequence type 91 (st91). in this study, whole-genome sequencing of 59 s. flexneri isolates of 14 serotypes (serotypes 1 to 4, y, yv ... | 2014 | 24452172 |