Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology

• WHO consultation on ETEC and Shigella burden of disease, Geneva, 6-7th April 2017: Meeting report (2019 Nov 28)
• Patterns of bacillary dysentery in China, 2005–2010. (2016 Jan 27).
• Foodborne illness acquired in the United States—major pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases. (2011 Jan).

Clinical Information and Management

• Guidelines for the treatment of dysentery (shigellosis): a systematic review of the evidence (2018 Nov)
• Shigellosis (2018 Feb 24)
• Shigella infection in children and adults: a formidable foe. (2017 Dec 31).
• Identification and management of Shigella infection in children with diarrhoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2017 Dec 31).
• Transmission risk factors and treatment of pediatric shigellosis during a large daycare center-associated outbreak of multidrug resistant Shigella sonnei: Implications for the management of shigellosis outbreaks among children. (2009 Nov 1).

Drug-resistant Shingella

• Emergence of antibiotic resistant Shigella species: A matter of concern. (2017).
• Elevated Risk for Antimicrobial Drug–Resistant Shigella Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men, United States, 2011–2015. (2016).
• Travel destinations and sexual behavior as indicators of antibiotic resistant Shigella strains—Victoria, Australia. (2016 Mar 15).
• Treatment of drug-resistant Shigella infections. Expert review of anti-infective therapy. (2015).