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Emerg Infect Dis
; 14(8): 1297-9, 2008 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18680661
RESUMO
Shigella sonnei UCN59, isolated during an outbreak of S. sonnei in January 2007, was resistant to azithromycin (MIC 64 mg/L). The isolate contained a plasmid-borne mph(A) gene encoding a macrolide 2 -phosphotransferase that inactivates macrolides. Emergence of the mph(A) gene in S. sonnei may limit usefulness of azithromycin for treatment of shigellosis.