Rapid emergence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei in France
30 January 2023
Shigella sonnei, the main cause of bacillary dysentery in high-income countries, has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics. We monitored the antimicrobial susceptibility of 7121 S. sonnei isolates collected in France between 2005 and 2021. We detected a dramatic increase in the proportion of isolates simultaneously resistant to ciprofloxacin (CIP), third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs) and azithromycin (AZM) from 2015.
Further reading: Nature Communications
Author(s): Sophie Lefèvre et al
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