County health officials have identified what appears to be a strain unique to Los Angeles amid a spike in drug-resistant ...

All three cases had a distinct genetic mutation that made the bacteria resistant to yet another class of antibiotics, the cephalosporins, which are often used to treat Shigella infections when ...

An 'alarming' drug-resistant superbug is spreading across major US cities, doctors warn. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles identified three cases of shigella in the city ...

A new, highly drug-resistant strain of Shigella bacteria, causing severe diarrhea, has emerged in Los Angeles. Researchers at UCLA identified this "superbug" in three patients, all men who have ...

a strain of Shigella bacteria that is resistant to five of the antibiotic classes most commonly prescribed for such infections. But upon further analysis, the UCLA researchers analyzing the samples ...

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles identified three cases of shigella in the city, a bacterial infection ...

The Chicago health care consultant contacted his physician at Northwestern Medicine, who referred him for a diagnostic colonoscopy, at least partly because Contos, 45, has a family history of ...

Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause ...