Antibiotic-resistant bacteria linked to severe stomach illness across US
A drug-resistant bacterial infection has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years, according to an alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Shigella, a gram-negative bacteria, causes a diarrheal illness called shigellosis. Drug-resistant incidences of the infection have "increased substantially" in the U.S. between 2011 and 2023.Researchers analyzed over 16,000 Shigella samples, testing them for antibiotic resistance to determine how many would not respond to […]