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Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Shiga Toxin 1–Producing Shigella sonnei Infections, California, United States, 2014–2015

Katherine LambaComments to Author , Jennifer A. Nelson, Akiko C. Kimura, Alyssa Poe, Joan Collins, Annie S. Kao, Laura Cruz, Gregory Inami, Julie Vaishampayan, Alvaro Garza, Vishnu Chaturvedi, and Duc Vugia
Author affiliations: California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (K. Lamba, A.C. Kimura, A. Poe, L. Cruz, G. Inami, V. Chaturvedi, D.J. Vugia); County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California, USA (J.A. Nelson, A.S. Kao); San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Stockton, California, USA (J. Collins, J. Vaishampayan, A. Garza)

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Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with Shiga toxin 1–producing Shigella sonnei infections, California, June 2014–April 2015*

Characteristic Value
Symptoms
  Diarrhea 56/56 (100.0)
  Abdominal cramps 45/52 (86.5)
  Fever† 36/50 (72.0)
  Bloody diarrhea 36/51 (70.6)
  Chills 26/41 (63.4)
  Nausea 22/39 (56.4)
  Vomiting 21/48 (43.8)
  Headache
 10/33 (30.3)
Outcomes
  Emergency department visit 27/51 (52.9)
  Hospitalization 12/56 (21.4)
  Hemolytic uremic syndrome 0/43
  Death 0/56
  Median duration of symptoms, d (IQR) 5 (3–7)‡
  Median length of hospitalization, d (IQR)
 3 (1.5–4)§
Antimicrobial resistance
  Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 27/29 (93.1)
  Ampicillin 6/25 (24.0)
  Ciprofloxacin 0/22
  Ceftriaxone
 0/13
Treatment
  Received any treatment 48/54 (88.9)
  Treated with antimicrobials 43/53 (81.1)
  Antimicrobial treatment¶
    Ciprofloxacin 19 (45.2)
    Metronidazole 12 (28.6)
    Ceftriaxone 5 (11.9)
    Levofloxacin 5 (11.9)
    Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 4 (9.5)
    Azithromycin 4 (9.5)
    Ampicillin 3 (7.1)
    Amoxicillin 2 (4.8)
    Other or unknown
 3 (7.1)
Median interval from diarrhea onset to start of antimicrobial treatment, d (IQR) 3 (1–5)#
Treated with intravenous fluids 23/46 (50.0)
Received other treatment** 17/54 (31.5)

*Values are no. patients/no. with information available (%) excepted as indicated. IQR, interquartile range.
†Based on self-reported data; 19 (52.8%) of 36 patients had documented temperature of ≥38°C.
‡n = 39; includes 6 patients in cluster 2 still symptomatic at time of interview. Illness duration range 5–12 d.
§n = 11.
¶n = 42. Because 10 case-patients were treated with >1 antimicrobial drug, total is >100%.
#n = 35.
**Antiemetics, pain medication, nonprescription antidiarrheal medication.

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