Shigella Flexneri with Ciprofloxacin Resistance and Reduced Azithromycin Susceptibility, Canada, 2015

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 Oct 22

PMID 27767915

Citations 6

Authors

Christiane Gaudreau

Pierre A Pilon

Gilbert Cornut

Xavier Marchand-Senecal

Sadjia Bekal

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