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SUBMITTER: Liao YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5324798 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liao Ying-Shu YS Liu Yen-Yi YY Lo Yi-Chun YC Chiou Chien-Shun CS
Emerging infectious diseases 20160201 2
We report an outbreak of azithromycin-nonsusceptible Shigella flexneri 3a infection in Taiwan associated with men who have sex with men. The bacterial strains belonged to the sublineage A of a recently reported outbreak lineage associated with men who have sex with men, characterized by reduced azithromycin susceptibility and circulation in shigellosis low-risk regions. ...[more]