Emergence of high-level azithromycin resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from pediatric diarrhea patients in Kolkata, India

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Jul;58(7):4248. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02931-14. Epub 2014 Apr 28.

Authors

Piyali Mukherjee¹, T Ramamurthy¹, Utpala Mitra¹, Asish K Mukhopadhyay²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India.
² Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Azithromycin / therapeutic use*
Campylobacter Infections / drug therapy*
Campylobacter jejuni / drug effects*
Campylobacter jejuni / genetics
Campylobacter jejuni / isolation & purification
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Feces / microbiology
Humans
India
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Peptidyl Transferases / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
Azithromycin
Peptidyl Transferases