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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1948-1952 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Dysentery, Bacillary/drug therapy
- England/epidemiology
- Genome, Bacterial
- History, 21st Century
- Homosexuality, Male
- Humans
- Macrolides/pharmacology
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Shigella sonnei/classification
- Whole Genome Sequencing
- beta-Lactamases/biosynthesis