Study describes rise in severe Shigella infections in Vancouver
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A study in Vancouver found an increase in severe, multidrug-resistant (MDR) shigellosis cases and a shift in patient demographics, researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases. For the study, a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia conducted a retrospective review of 163 patients diagnosed as having Shigella sonnei infections from 2015 through 2022. Based on clinically observed changes in the population
