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OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa113
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antibiotic treatment failure; antibiotic resistance; cephalosporin; Shigella sonnei; shigellosis
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In 2017, state health departments notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about 4 patients with shigellosis who experienced persistent illness after treatment with oral third-generation cephalosporins. Given increasing antibiotic resistance among Shigella, these cases highlight the need to evaluate the efficacy of oral cephalosporins for shigellosis.
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