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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Microbiology Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJCMM-126, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2017/126
Commentary
Reemergence of Sexually Transmitted Antimicrobial Resistant Shigellosis in Men Who Have Sex with Men

Yuan-Ti Lee1,2,3*, Shiuan-Chih Chen1,2,4 and Chi-Ho Chan1,2,5,6

1Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
2School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
4Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
5Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
6Institute of Microbiology and Immunology and School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Dr. Yuan-Ti Lee, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, #110, Section 1, Jianguo N. Road, Taichung 40201, Taiwan; E-mail: leey521@gmail.com
17 November 2017; 28 December 2017; 30 December 2017
Lee YT, Chen SC, Chan CH (2017) Reemergence of Sexually Transmitted Antimicrobial Resistant Shigellosis in Men Who Have Sex with Men. Int J Clin Med Microbiol 2: 126. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2017/126
© 2017 Lee et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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