A “serious public health” alert has been made over an intestinal infection which is showing resistance to drugs in the United States.
The shigella bacterial condition, which causes a range of symptoms such as diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps, can result in a life-threatening blood infection in rare cases.
There has been a spike of an “extensively drug-resistant” shigellosis said the US’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who have issued the serious public health alert.
