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ESBL-Producing and Macrolide-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2015.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2016
Mook Piers, McCormick Jacquelyn, Bains Manpreet, Cowley Lauren A, Chattaway Marie A, Jenkins Claire, Mikhail Amy, Hughes Gwenda, Elson Richard, Day Martin, Manuel Rohini, Dave Jayshree, Field Nigel, Godbole Gauri, Dallman Timothy, Crook Paul
Abstract excerpt
In England in 2015, Shigella sonnei isolates from men who have sex with men produced extended-spectrum β-lactamases and exhibited macrolide resistance. Whole-genome sequencing showed a close relationship among the isolates, which harbored a plasmid that was previously identified in a shigellosis outbreak among this population but has acquired a mobile element.
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