Intercontinental dissemination of azithromycin-resistant shigellosis through sexual transmission: A cross-sectional study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 913-921

  Baker, Kate S ^a   Dallman, Timothy J ^b   Ashton, Philip M ^b   Day, Martin ^b   Hughes, Gwenda ^b   Crook, Paul D ^b   Gilbart, Victoria L ^b   Zittermann, Sandra ^c   Allen, Vanessa G ^c   Howden, Benjamin P ^d,e,f   Tomita, Takehiro ^d   Valcanis, Mary ^d   Harris, Simon R ^a   Connor, Thomas R ^g   Sintchenko, Vitali ^h,i,k   Howard, Peter ^i,k   Brown, Jeremy D ^k   Petty, Nicola K ^j   Gouali, Malika ^l   Thanh, Duy Pham ^m   Keddy, Karen H ^p,q   Smith, Anthony M ^p,q   Talukder, Kaisar A ^r   Faruque, Shah M ^r   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Baker, Stephen ^m,n,o   Weill, François Xavier ^l   Jenkins, Claire ^b   Thomson, Nicholas R ^a,o   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Sydney   (Australia)

ⁱ WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research NSW Health Pathology   (Australia)

^l INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^m OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^o LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^r INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937728010     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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