PRO/EDR> Shigellosis – USA (02): sonnei, fluoroquinolone resistance

Shigellosis — Worldwide/Unknown
In December 2014, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease, detected a multistate cluster of _Shigella sonnei_ infections with an uncommon pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern. CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) laboratory determined that isolates from this cluster were resistant to ciprofloxacin, the antimicrobial medication recommended to treat adults with shigellosis. To understand the scope of the outbreak and to try