Eurosurveillance
Volume 20, Issue 48, 2015

Shigellosis in refugees, Austria, July to November 2015 (Article) (Open Access)

Lederer I. , Taus K. , Allerberger F. , Fenkart S. , Spina A. , Springer B. , Schmid D.*
  • a Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • b Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • c Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • d Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • e Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • f Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria
  • g Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria

Abstract

We report on a cluster of shigellosis including 21 cases in refugees and two in local residents who worked in refugee transit centres, detected in Austria in 2015, between calendar weeks 29 and 47. The species isolated from the cluster cases, including one mixed infection, were S. sonnei (n = 13), S. flexneri (n = 10) and S. boydii (n = 1). Eleven of 18 tested isolates were extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive, including five of six ciprofloxacin-resistant and three azithromycin-resistant isolates. © 2015, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

refugee drug effects metabolism interpersonal communication human epidemiology Refugees middle aged minimum inhibitory concentration Shigella Aged Austria disease surveillance Young Adult Humans Dysentery, Bacillary classification Adolescent male shigellosis preschool child Aged, 80 and over Infant very elderly Child, Preschool female isolation and purification Article species refuge enzymology adult beta lactamase Feces beta-Lactamases antibiotic sensitivity microbiology antibiotic resistance microbial sensitivity test antiinfective agent Drug Resistance, Bacterial Microbial Sensitivity Tests Anti-Bacterial Agents Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84949438994&doi=10.2807%2f1560-7917.ES.2015.20.48.30081&partnerID=40&md5=84eb28debf6b67808bdb73888f2e1930
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.48.30081
ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English