Emergence of novel strains of Shigella flexneri associated with sexual transmission in adult men in England, 2019-2020.

ABSTRACT: National surveillance of shigellosis in England revealed an increase in sexually transmitted Shigella flexneri in adult males in 2019 that persisted throughout 2020. We observed a resurgence of azithromycin-resistant S. flexneri serotype 3a, and the emergence of two novel multidrug-resistant clades of S. flexneri 2a and S. flexneri 1b.

SUBMITTER: Dallman TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604172 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature