Oh great, a shitting disease just when we are moving back. When we moved up here to Canberra the cookers arrived a day or two later. Now this when we are going back. I am beginning to think that my presence is not a good thing.

Gastro superbug: Victorians warned about rising cases of shigellosis

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/11/gastro-superbug-victorians-warned-about-rising-cases-of-shigellosis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Shigellosis

#IsItMe

Victorian gastro superbug case rise sparks public warning.

@VicGovDH #gastro #superbug #shigellosis @VictorianCHO

https://archive.is/RrucS
#shingella #bacteria #antibioticResistance
In 1994 went an entire year not reading the newspaper & wondering if i could do that again…🧘🏻‍♀️
“In the past, #shigellosis has predominantly affected children under 4. But CDC said it has seen a recent increase in drug-resistant infections in adults,especially men who have sex w/men, international travelers,people living w/HIV & people experiencing homelessness”

nice how they slipped in international travelers there…

New research article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases>

Genomic reconstruction and directed interventions in a multidrug-resistant #Shigellosis outbreak in Seattle, WA, USA: a genomic surveillance study

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00879-9/fulltext

#Shigella #AMR