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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I read up on it.
Ingestion, yes..
Ugh….
the CDC’ and the rats have been cooking up a lot of sh## lately
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Thanks for good general advice. I am always not to touch my mouth and eyes when outside the house. I always sanitize my hands when I get home. In 2016 I had a bad case (tested) of Salmonella, lost 5 pounds, good, but was miserable. I suspect I got it from eating store bought watermelon slices (contaminated food cutter?).
Thirty plus years ago I was at a national park large campout where about 5,000 people got shigella. We were told that at least 15 minutes of boiling water was needed to kill this strong bug. Also since people were using fresh stream water we were advised to use chlorox and tablets to purify water. Every day I gave my son a canteen of well Chloroxed water and told him not to drink water in any other camp or eat uncooked food. Neither of us got the bug, and this was “normal” shigella, not the drug resistant kind.
So, water discipline, and hand cleaning discipline, also be careful what and where you eat out.
Thanks for good general advice. I am always not to touch my mouth and eyes when outside the house. I always sanitize my hands when I get home. In 2016 I had a bad case (tested) of Salmonella, lost 5 pounds, good, but was miserable. I suspect I got it from eating store bought watermelon slices (contaminated food cutter?).
Thirty plus years ago I was at a national park large campout where about 5,000 people got shigella. We were told that at least 15 minutes of boiling water was needed to kill this strong bug. Also since people were using fresh stream water we were advised to use chlorox and tablets to purify water. Every day I gave my son a canteen of well Chloroxed water and told him not to drink water in any other camp or eat uncooked food. Neither of us got the bug, and this was “normal” shigella, not the drug resistant kind.
So, water discipline, and hand cleaning discipline, also be careful what and where you eat out.
Nope, worked as an infection control nurse for quite a while.
Soap and water after using the bathroom.
And, on the bottles of hand sanitizer it states that it does not work on e-coli and that washing with soap and water is most effective to kill the bacteria and germs after using the bathroom.
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