Outbreak of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Associated with Travel to Vietnam, Republic of Korea

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jul;21(7):1247-50. doi: 10.3201/eid2107.150363.

Abstract

We investigated an October 2014 outbreak of illness caused by Shigella sonnei in a daycare center in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The outbreak strain was resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones and was traced to a child who had traveled to Vietnam. Improved hygiene and infection control practices are needed for prevention of shigellosis.

Keywords: CTX-M-15; ESBL; Enterobacteriaceae; Shigella sonnei; South Korea; Vietnam; antibiotic drugs; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; cephalosporins; ciprofloxacin; drug resistance; enteric infections; fluoroquinolones; shigellosis; travel-related infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / drug therapy*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
  • Female
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Shigella sonnei / drug effects*
  • Travel
  • Vietnam
  • beta-Lactam Resistance

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin