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Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Shigella dysenteriae isolated from travellers returning to the UK, 2004-2017.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2018
Terry Lauren M, Barker Clare R, Day Martin R, Greig David R, Dallman Timothy J, Jenkins Claire
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PURPOSE: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles of 754 strains of Shigella dysenteriae isolated between 2004 and 2017 from UK travellers reporting symptoms of gastrointestinal (GI) disease were reviewed to look for evidence of emerging AMR associated with travellers' diarrhoea. METHODOLOGY: A travel history was provided for 72.7 % (548/754) of cases, of which 90.9 % (498/548) reported travel outside the UK...
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