TY - JOUR AU - Liao, Ying-Shu AU - Liu, Yen-Yi AU - Lo, Yi-Chun AU - Chiou, Chien-Shun T1 - Azithromycin-Nonsusceptible Shigella flexneri 3a in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Taiwan, 2015–2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 345 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - bacteria KW - shigella KW - dysentery KW - azithromycin KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - sexually transmitted infections KW - enteric infections KW - men who have sex with men KW - Taiwan KW - Shigella flexneri DO - 10.3201/eid2302.161260 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-1260_article ER - End of Reference