Case of Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infection, United States

Case of Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infection, United States

We report extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella sonnei infection in an immunocompromised patient in Texas, USA. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry failed to identify XDR Shigella, but whole-genome sequencing accurately characterized the strain. First-li...

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Main Authors: Hosoon Choi, Dhammika H. Navarathna, Brennon L. Harston, Munok Hwang, Brandon Corona, Ma Rowen San Juan, Chetan Jinadatha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
extensively drug-resistant Shigella
XDR Shigella
Shigella sonnei
antimicrobial resistance
bacteria
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/8/23-0411_article

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