Shigella with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin among men who have sex with men - united states, 2002-2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 132-133

  Heiman, Katherine E ^a   Karlsson, Maria ^a   Grass, Julian ^a   Howie, Becca ^a   Kirkcaldy, Robert D ^b   Mahon, Barbara ^a   Brooks, John T ^b   Bowen, Anna ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGELLA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893930753     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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