Ciprofl oxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei among men who have sex with men, Canada, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1747-1750

  Gaudreau, Christiane ^a,b   Ratnayake, Ruwan ^c,d   Pilon, Pierre A ^b,c   Gagnon, Simon ^a,b   Roger, Michel ^a,b   Lévesque, Simon ^e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHIGELLA SONNEI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052302421     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.102034     Document Type: Article

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