Outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infection with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin among men who have sex with men — Chicago and metropolitan minneapolis-St. Paul, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 597-598

  Bowen, Anna ^a   Eikmeier, Dana ^b   Talley, Pamela ^b,c   Siston, Alicia ^d   Smith, Shamika ^d   Hurd, Jacqueline ^a   Smith, Kirk ^b   Leano, Fe ^b   Bicknese, Amelia ^a   Norton, J Corbin ^a   Campbell, Davina ^a  

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

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHICAGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931058824     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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