Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Dispatch
Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Canada, 2010
Christiane Gaudreau
, Ruwan Ratnayake, Pierre A. Pilon, Simon Gagnon, Michel Roger, and Simon Lévesque
, Ruwan Ratnayake, Pierre A. Pilon, Simon Gagnon, Michel Roger, and Simon LévesqueTable 1
Characteristics of 13 cases of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei and results of susceptibility testing, Montreal, Québec, Canada, June–October 2010*
| Patient ID |
Patient age, y/sex |
Stool sample date |
Patient’s signs and symptoms |
Antimicrobial agent | PFGE group |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amp |
TMP/SMX |
Cip |
|||||
| 1 | 52/M | Jun 24 | Diarrhea | S | R | R | 72 |
| 2 | 48/M | Jun 26 | Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, blood in stools, abdominal pain | S | R | R | NT |
| 3 | 22/M | Jun 28 | Nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever | S | R | R | NT |
| 4 | 38/M | Jul 5 | Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, fatigue | S | R | R | 72 |
| 5 | 52/M | Jul 4 | Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever | S | R | R | 72 |
| 6 | 32/M | Jul 14 | Diarrhea | S | R | R | NT |
| 7 | 50/F | Jul 11 | Nausea, diarrhea, blood in stools, abdominal pain, fever | S | R | R | 72 |
| 8 | 45/F | Jul 14 | Diarrhea, blood in stools, abdominal pain | S | R | R | 72 |
| 9 | 25/M | Aug 30 | Diarrhea, blood in stools, abdominal pain | S | R | R | NT |
| 10 | 50/M | Sep 5 | Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever | S | R | R | 72 |
| 11 | 65/M | Sep 8 | Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain | S | R | R | 72 |
| 12 | 38/M | Sep 23 | Diarrhea | S | R | R | 72 |
| 13 | 20/M | Oct 22 | Diarrhea, blood in stools, abdominal pain, fever | S | R | R | 72 |
*ID, identification; Amp, ampicillin; TMX-SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; Cip, ciprofloxacin; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; S, sensitive; R, resistant; NT, not typed.
