Notes from the field: Outbreak of infections caused by Shigella sonnei with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin--Los Angeles, California, 2012

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Mar 8;62(9):171.

Abstract

In May 2012, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit and Environmental Health, Food, and Milk Program investigated an outbreak of shigellosis associated with a private bridge club. This investigation documented the first known transmission of Shigella sonnei with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin in the United States.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Azithromycin / pharmacology*
  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / drug therapy*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Los Angeles / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Azithromycin