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Emerg Infect Dis
; 15(10): 1648-50, 2009 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19861064
ABSTRACT
The plasmid-borne mph(A) gene that confers resistance to azithromycin and has recently emerged in Shigella sonnei is present in multidrug- and non-multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from 4 continents. Further spread of mph(A) to Shigella and Salmonella spp. may be expected.