Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Rapid emergence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei in France

  • Sophie Lefèvre,
  • Elisabeth Njamkepo,
  • Sarah Feldman,
  • Corinne Ruckly,
  • Isabelle Carle,
  • Monique Lejay-Collin,
  • Laëtitia Fabre,
  • Iman Yassine,
  • Lise Frézal,
  • Maria Pardos de la Gandara,
  • Arnaud Fontanet,
  • François-Xavier Weill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36222-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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There have been increasing reports of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella sonnei infections in recent years. In this laboratory surveillance study from France, the authors document the rise of XDR isolates from 2005 to 2021 and perform whole genome sequencing to investigate their genomic diversity and evolutionary history.