Posted on 02/27/2023 7:30:38 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a “serious public health” alert, warning of a nationwide spike in “extensively drug-resistant” shigellosis.
The highly contagious shigella bacterial infection attacks the intestines and causes inflammatory, sometimes bloody diarrhea, according to the CDC’s “emergency and preparedness response.”
There are about 450,000 shigellosis infections every year in the US, resulting in an estimated $93 million in direct medical costs, according to CDC data. The agency also reported that 5% of all infections in 2022 were extensively drug-resistant (XDR) — a jump from zero drug-resistant cases in 2015.
An infection is considered XDR when it doesn’t respond to antibiotics that are typically used to treat it, such as azithromycin, ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone, among others.
“XDR shigellosis is resistant to all generally recommended antibiotics in the United States, making it difficult to treat,” according to the new report. XDR shigellosis is a serious public health threat: XDR Shigella bacteria have limited antimicrobial treatment options, are easily transmissible, and can spread antimicrobial resistance genes to other enteric bacteria.
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And get a couple of shots and a few boosters.
I am retired but in the clinical lab it was really rare, in my experience, to encounter shigella.
We don’t need a vaccine. Seriously.
450,000 infections per year in the US. Is that vaccine worthy?
Unless it is the drug resistant thing.
Just wash your hands people.
Lovely. I just had surgery on my @ss. (Never let constipation go untreated too long — life tip). Now I have to worry about a third world disease. I already know I picked up a UTI from being in the hospital.
‘Third world disease… wonder where that came from.’
Your local gas station pump.
All terrific advice but shigella is not a new disease.
Just wash your vegetables, people.
And don't eat off SALAD BARS..............
MARCHED RIGHT ON INTO THE USA WITH THE ILLEGAL INVADERS BIDEN LIKES SO MUCH.
MAYBE—IF HE got a case of this, he would really need his diapers !!!!
Me, too. My dad was three back in 1927 when he, his older brother, his older sister, and mom & dad arrived at Elis Island. They got the full treatment. If you didn’t pass the health exam, you weren’t admitted.
On the other hand, my grandpa had to have a ‘sponsor’ who would agree to make sure grandpa did not become a public charge. No welfare, food stamps, etc.
Another monkeypox issue (as in being spread primarily by the same transmission vector)?
And even though it is non spore forming it can hang out on surfaces for over a month.
Put a mask on your ass ..
Are there salad bars anywhere anymore? The two places near me that had them don’t have them anymore. Heck, one of the places closed up. Lockdowns took care of that one. The other place is still going strong thankfully, but sadly, no more salad bar.
Ruby Tuesdays still has one last time we were there....................
Same for my grandparents. Grandpa came over as a child in 1897, and Grandma came as a teenager with part of her family, around 1910 or so. I don’t remember the year, maybe even as late as 1917. Both were at Ellis Island with their families until they could be examined and were shown to have no illnesses. They had to have a sponsor to make sure they wouldn’t be a burden to the government. No handouts.
Ahhh, I don’t live anywhere close to one of those. I didn’t even know they were still open.
Enoch Powell was right.
I stopped eating at Salad Bars years ago, way before Covid........................Remember that nutcase that went around spraying urine on salad bars?..................
And what about all those unclean hands picking and processing produce? That is a worrisome vector.
“Are there salad bars anywhere anymore?”
If there are, there shouldn’t be. My husband and I stopped eating from salad bars way before Covid after watching a pack of kids go from one bin to the other licking spoons and putting them back in the food.
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