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Case Reports

Three cases of acute gastroenteritis caused by high-level macrolideresistant Campylobacter: Drug resistance mechanisms and clinical characteristics

Jie ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital
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Yanyan YuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jun WangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital
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Yixing GuNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Xinting SunDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital
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Jinghang XuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital
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Zheng ZengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital
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Pages 541-543 | Received 31 Dec 2011, Accepted 05 Jan 2012, Published online: 04 Mar 2012

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