Men Who Have Sex with Men, Taiwan, 2015–2016

Liao, Ying-Shu; Liu, Yen-Yi; Lo, Yi-Chun; Chiou, Chien-Shun

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Men Who Have Sex with Men, Taiwan, 2015–2016

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Feb 2016
By Liao, Ying-Shu ; Liu, Yen-Yi ; Lo, Yi-Chun ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Liao, Ying-Shu ; Liu, Yen-Yi ; Lo, Yi-Chun ; Chiou, Chien-Shun
Description:

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.
Subjects:

Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Azithromycin Disease Outbreaks Drug Resistance, Bacterial Dysentery, Bacillary Homosexuality, Male Humans Male Sexually Transmitted Diseases Young Adult
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 23(2):345-346.
Pubmed ID:

28098533
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5324798
Document Type:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Taiwan
Volume:

23
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:82e0ff0f5615e88389f623bfd39602ab20719bd80c6e300f852c012d2feca98b
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