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Case of Shigella flexneri infection with treatment failure due to azithromycin resistance in an HIV-positive patient

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Denise Vermeulen-de Jongh is acknowledged for the susceptibility testing.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    R.-J. Hassing & B. J. A. Rijnders

  2. Health Care Inspectorate, The Hague, The Netherlands

    R.-J. Hassing

  3. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    D. C. Melles & W. H. F. Goessens

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Hassing, RJ., Melles, D.C., Goessens, W.H.F. et al. Case of Shigella flexneri infection with treatment failure due to azithromycin resistance in an HIV-positive patient. Infection 42, 789–790 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-014-0594-4

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