Journal
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 451-454Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.09.025
Keywords
Shigellosis; Antibiotic resistance; Multidrug resistance; Bacteria
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A major threat to the world is the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which has rendered previously susceptible drugs useless and increased the rate of therapeutic failures. Shigella species, which are the causative organism of Shigellosis, were earlier susceptible to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, co-trimoxazole and nalidixic acid but now they have developed resistance against fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins and azithromycin. Many shigellosis outbreaks have been reported by resistant strains of Shigella species. This review attempts to provide a brief overview about the scenario of shigellosis and the emergence as well as ubiquitous nature of multidrug resistant (MDR) Shigella species. (c) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Limited on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
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