Case of Shigella flexneri infection with treatment failure due to azithromycin resistance in an HIV-positive patient

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 789-790

  Hassing, R J ^a,b   Melles, D C ^a   Goessens, W H F ^a   Rijnders, B J A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LETTER; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SHIGELLOSIS; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84906791662     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0594-4     Document Type: Letter

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