title: Azithromycin-Nonsusceptible Shigella flexneri 3a in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Taiwan, 2015-2016.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Ying-Shu
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yen-Yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Chien-Shun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chiou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017963:Azithromycin
keywords: Shigella flexneri; Taiwan; antimicrobial resistance; azithromycin; bacteria; dysentery; enteric infections; men who have sex with men; sexually transmitted infections; shigella