Drug Resistant Shigellosis Spreading in U.S.

Shigella sonnei bacteria resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin sickened 243 people in 32 states and Puerto Rico between May 2014 and February 2015. Research by the CDC found that the drug-resistant illness was being repeatedly introduced as ill travelers returned and was then infecting other people in a series of outbreaks around the country.
Source: Disabled World - Category: Disability Tags: Digestive System Disorders Source Type: news