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
Publication date
September 2011
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
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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