CDC officials issued a warning to health care providers this week about an uptick nationwide in bacterial infections of 'extensively drug-resistant' shigellosis.
Ahead of the holiday travel season, health care professionals are urging folks to take their medical records on the road
As America gears up for a busy holiday travel season, health officials and health care professionals are asking folks to "upload before you go" when it comes to medical records. The CDC issued a warning to health care providers this week about an uptick nationwide in"extensively drug-resistant" shigellosis, which isThere are about 450,000 shigellosis infections every year. The CDC reports that 5% of all infections in 2022 were extensively drug-resistant, or XDR, up from zero in 2015. that are commonly used to treat it, such as azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and others.
"XDR Shigella bacteria have limited antimicrobial treatment options, are easily transmissible, and can spread antimicrobial resistance genes to other enteric bacteria," the CDC wrote in an overview for an upcoming meeting next week about the increase in infections. Shigella dysenteriae, bacteria which causes bacillary dysentery or shigellosis, seen under a microscope.
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