Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Canada, 2010

In 2010, we observed isolates with matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns from 13 cases of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei in Montréal. We report on the emergence of this resistance type and a study of resistance mechanisms. The investigation suggested local transmission among me...

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Autores principales: Gaudreau, Christiane, Ratnayake, Ruwan, Pilon, Pierre A., Gagnon, Simon, Roger, Michel, Lévesque, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888811
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.102034
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description In 2010, we observed isolates with matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns from 13 cases of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei in Montréal. We report on the emergence of this resistance type and a study of resistance mechanisms. The investigation suggested local transmission among men who have sex with men associated with sex venues.
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spelling pubmed-33220762012-04-30 Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Canada, 2010 Gaudreau, Christiane Ratnayake, Ruwan Pilon, Pierre A. Gagnon, Simon Roger, Michel Lévesque, Simon Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2010, we observed isolates with matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns from 13 cases of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei in Montréal. We report on the emergence of this resistance type and a study of resistance mechanisms. The investigation suggested local transmission among men who have sex with men associated with sex venues. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3322076/ /pubmed/21888811 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.102034 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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