CDC's 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report: Drug-resistant Shigella

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit .
• Description:
  Type: Bacteria
  
  About: Shigella spreads in feces through direct contact or through contaminated surfaces, food, or water. Most people with Shigella infections develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps.
  
  Estimated drug-resistant infections per year: 77,000
  
  Estimated deaths per year: Less than 5
  
  This fact sheet is part of CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report.
  
  The full report, including data sources, is available at www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance/Biggest-Threats.html.
  
  CS298822-A
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  shigella-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Drug Resistance, Microbial Dysentery, Bacillary Shigella
• Series:
  Antibiotic Resistance Threats Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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