Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Shigella dysenteriae isolated from travellers returning to the UK, 2004-2017.

CONCLUSIONS: Increasing MDR, along with resistance to the fluroquinolones and the third generation cephalosporins, in Shigella dysenteriae causing travellers' diarrhoea provides further evidence for the need to regulatethe use of antimicrobial agents and continuous monitoring of emerging AMR. PMID: 29957175 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - June 29, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Terry LM, Barker CR, Day MR, Greig DR, Dallman TJ, Jenkins C Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research