Outbreak of locally acquired azithromycin-resistant Shigella flexneri infection in men who have sex with men

Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-88

  Valcanis, Mary ^a   Brown, Jeremy D ^b   Hazelton, Briony ^b   O'Sullivan, Matthew V ^b,c   Kuzevski, Alex ^a   Lane, Courtney R ^d,e   Howden, Benjamin P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d Health Protection Branch   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; AZITHROMYCIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929429362     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000207     Document Type: Article

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