Shigella flexneri with Ciprofloxacin Resistance and Reduced Azithromycin Susceptibility, Canada, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov;22(11):2016-2018. doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160883.
No abstract available

Keywords: Quebec; Shigella spp.; azithromycin; bacteria; ciprofloxacin; drug resistance; emergence; homosexual; men who have sex with men.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Historical Article
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Azithromycin / pharmacology*
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Coinfection
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / diagnosis
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / history
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Population Surveillance
  • Shigella flexneri / drug effects*
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Azithromycin