Foodborne Illnesses: Shigellosis Imagine, your guardian forgot to wash their hands before preparing your dinner, now you are not feeling so well. You may have contracted a foodborne illness. A common foodborne illness in America today is shigellosis. Shigellosis is a problematic foodborne illness, luckily it is easy to prevent, but can be hard to get rid of. Shigella is starting to become a worry in the United States. “In the United States, most Shigella is already resistant to the antibiotics ampicillin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole,” (Berger, Sherri). If shigella becomes resistant to more antibiotics, it will be a harder illness to stop, and there will be more outbreaks throughout America. “Washing your hands with soap and water is