Increased Severity of Multidrug-Resistant <i>Shigella sonnei</i> Infections in People Experiencing Homelessness
We observed a substantial increase in severe shigellosis and shift from sexually transmitted S. sonnei infections in MSM to likely environmental transmission among PEH. More severe disease associated with the 3.6.1.1.2 clone of MDR S. sonnei in PEH could be a result of underlying vulnerabilities of the affected population.
Authors
- Mark Hull (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9234-3531)
- Victor Leung
- Christopher F. Lowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9320-4499)
- Nancy Matic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-6955)
- Ashley Larnder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-4613)
- Marc G. Romney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6017-4246)
- Samuel D. Chorlton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9891-8546)
- Kate S. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5850-1949)
- Rohit Vijh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9493-9283)
- Aleksandra Stefanovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-2040)
- Gordon Ritchie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8840-9756)
- Elisa Lloyd‐Smith
- Munirul Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-5560)
- Leah Gowland
- Meena Dawar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0146-392X)
- Michael Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3677-9776)
Institutions
- Vancouver Coastal Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation (Canada) (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae575
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.28