Key takeaways
- Cases of “XDR,” or extensively drug-resistant, Shigella are on the rise in the U.S., the CDC says.
- Shigella is a bacteria that causes severe diarrhea and other symptoms including fever and stomach pain.
- XDR Shigella is resistant to all commonly recommended and alternative antibiotics (though most people who become infected with it don’t need them).
Antibiotic resistance is once again making headlines—this time not involving an STD, but a brutal GI illness that can also spread sexually.
