Outbreak of infections caused by Shigella sonnei with reduced susceptibility to azithromycin in the United States

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar;57(3):1559-60. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02360-12. Epub 2012 Dec 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Azithromycin / pharmacology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / drug therapy*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / transmission
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Shigella sonnei / drug effects*
  • Shigella sonnei / growth & development
  • Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Azithromycin