Prolonged outbreak of multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei harbouring blaCTX-M-27 in Victoria, Australia.

Conclusions: Our data has uncovered a prolonged clonal outbreak of ESBL S. sonnei that was likely first introduced by returned travellers and has subsequently been circulating locally in Australia. The emergence of a local outbreak of ESBL S. sonnei, with a multidrug-resistant profile, including reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, represents a significant public health threat.
PMID: 33020158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - October 4, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ingle DJ, Andersson P, Valcanis M, Barnden J, Gonçalves da Silva A, Horan KA, Seemann T, Easton M, Williamson DA, Sherry NL, Howden BP Tags: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Source Type: research