Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2015)

Outbreak of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Associated with Travel to Vietnam, Republic of Korea

  • Jin Seok Kim,
  • Jae Joon Kim,
  • Soo Jin Kim,
  • Se-Eun Jeon,
  • Ki Yeon Seo,
  • Jun-Kil Choi,
  • Nan-Ok Kim,
  • Sahyun Hong,
  • Gyung Tae Chung,
  • Cheon-Kwon Yoo,
  • Young-Taek Kim,
  • Hyeng Il Cheun,
  • Geun-Ryang Bae,
  • Yeong-Hee Yeo,
  • Gang-Ja Ha,
  • Mi-Suk Choi,
  • Shin-Jung Kang,
  • Junyoung Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.150363
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 7
pp. 1247 – 1250

Abstract

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We investigated an October 2014 outbreak of illness caused by Shigella sonnei in a daycare center in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The outbreak strain was resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones and was traced to a child who had traveled to Vietnam. Improved hygiene and infection control practices are needed for prevention of shigellosis.

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