US EditionCases of drug-resistant infection that causes diarrhea are rising
CDC says 8.5% of Shigella samples in 2023 were extensively drug-resistant, and no oral antibiotic is approved to treat them.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported late last week that extensively drug-resistant Shigella infections jumped 8.5% between 2011 and 2023, marking a growing public health threat in the United States.
- These XDR Shigella strains resist all routinely used antibiotic classes, including azithromycin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin, leaving no Food and Drug Administration approved oral treatment available.
- Outbreaks have concentrated among men who have sex with men through sexual transmission, while three-quarters of cases had no recent travel history and one-third resulted in hospitalization.
- Epidemiologist Aaron Glatt of Mount Sinai South Nassau in New York warned, "it's hard to put the genie back in the bottle," as officials call for strengthened surveillance to limit transmission.
- Antibiotic resistant bacteria kill over 1.2 million people worldwide annually, and researchers warn more must be done to track and develop new treatments against these hardy threats.
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Untreatable "Super-Bug" Stomach Illness Spiking Among U.S. Men - Tampa Free Press
A serious and increasingly untreatable diarrheal illness is spreading across the United States, marking a major shift in how the disease behaves. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella have jumped from 0% in 2011 to 8.5% of all cases in 2023. […] Untreatable “Super-Bug” Stomach Illness Spiking Among U.S. Men
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Drug-resistant strain of diarrhea-inducing Shigella infection on the rise in the US, CDC says
A drug-resistant infection, XDR Shigella, is surging among adult men, sending one-third of its victims to the hospital. (CDC Photo)
Cases of drug-resistant infection that causes diarrhea are rising: What to know
Cases of drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing in the United States in a trend that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are calling a "public health threat."
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