Outbreak of infections caused by shigella sonnei with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin - Los Angeles, california, 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 171-

  Reporter, Roshan ^a   Pulido, Marifi ^b   Bowen, Anna ^c  

^a Maria Sjolund Karlsson   (United States)

^b Acute Communicable Diseases Unit   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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EID: 84874877444     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Howie RL, Folster JP, Bowen A, Barzilay EJ, Whichard JM. Reduced azithromycin susceptibility in Shigella sonnei, United States. Microb Drug Resis 2010;16:245-8.
2. Karlsson MS, Bowen A, Reporter R, et al. Outbreak of infections caused by Shigella sonnei with reduced susceptibility to azithromycin in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013;57:1559.
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