Genomic reconstruction and directed interventions in a multidrug-resistant Shigellosis outbreak in Seattle, WA, USA: a genomic surveillance study
Shigella spp have been associated with community-wide outbreaks in urban settings. We analysed a sustained shigellosis outbreak in Seattle, WA, USA, to understand its origins and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, define ongoing transmission patterns, and optimise strategies for treatment and infection control.
An outbreak in Seattle was driven by parallel emergence of multidrug-resistant strains involving international transmission networks and domestic transmission between at-risk populations. Genomic analysis elucidated not only outbreak origin, but directed optimal approaches to testing, treatment, and public health response. Rapid diagnostics combined with detailed knowledge of local epidemiology can enable high rates of appropriate empirical therapy even in multidrug-resistant infection.
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