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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Antimicrobial-Resistant Shigella spp. in San Diego, California, USA, 2017–2020

Thaidra GaufinComments to Author , Jill Blumenthal, Claudia Ramirez-Sanchez, Sanjay Mehta, David T. Pride, Joshua Fierer, and Jeffrey D. Jenks
Author affiliations: Sansum Clinic Infectious Diseases, Santa Barbara, California, USA (T. Gaufin); University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA (J. Blumenthal, C. Ramirez-Sanchez, S. Mehta, D.T. Pride, J. Fierer); San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego (S. Mehta, J. Fierer); Durham County Department of Public Health, Durham, North Carolina, USA (J.D. Jenks)

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Table 1

General characteristics of persons with diarrheal disease and Shigella spp. isolated from stool culture, San Diego, California, USA, March 1, 2017–May 31, 2020*

Characteristic
 Frequency, no. (%)
Shigella spp. infection
S. flexneri 71 (55)
S. sonnei
 57 (45)
Sex
M 104 (81.3)
F 21 (16.4)
Transgender, male-to-female
 3 (2.3)
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latin 28 (21.9)
Mixed race/other 16 (12.5)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1 (0.8)
Non-Hispanic Black 12 (9.4)
Non-Hispanic White 69 (53.9)
Unknown
 2 (1.6)
Sexual orientation
GBM/transgender 71 (55.5)
Not GBM 20 (15.6)
Unknown
 37 (28.9)
HIV status
Positive 65 (50.8)
Negative 49 (38.3)
Unknown
 14 (10.9)
HAART use by persons living with HIV
Yes 55/65 (84.6)
No
 10/65 (15.4)
PrEP use among persons at risk for HIV
Yes 8/12 (66.7)
No
 4/12 (33.3)
Unhoused
Yes 29/128 (22.7)
No
 99/128 (77.3)
Methamphetamine use
Yes 42/128 (32.8)
GBM/transgender 24/42 (57)
Unhoused 24/42 (57)
HIV positive 23/42 (55)
No
 86/128 (67.2)
Travel history (international and domestic travel)
Yes 20/128 (15.6)
No 67/128 (52.3)
Unknown 41/128 (32.0)

*Patient age range 15–79 y, mean age 47 y. GBM, gay and bisexual man; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; PrEP, preexposure prophylaxis.

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