Shigella
Last updated: March 21, 2023 On March 17, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Health issued a memo to public health units and people working in sexual health clinics advising them of drug-resistant shigella trends. This follows public health alerts from other regions, including the United States. Cases have been reported over the last year in Toronto and Waterloo – all were among men who reported having sex with other men, and some had travelled abroad. This doesn’t mean that every person diagnosed with shigella is experiencing the drug-resistant kind – but since some are, we may see more cases in