ESBL-Producing and Macrolide-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2015.
- 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
Publication date
November 2016
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
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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