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The diarrhea may be bloody. [1] Symptoms typically last five to seven days and it may take several months before bowel habits return entirely to normal. [1] Complications can include reactive arthritis, sepsis, seizures, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. [1] Shigellosis is caused by four specific types of Shigella. [2]
For example, Shigella is a longstanding World Health Organization (WHO) target for vaccine development, and sharp declines in age-specific diarrhea/dysentery attack rates for this pathogen indicate that natural immunity does develop following exposure; thus, vaccination to prevent this disease should be feasible. The development of vaccines ...
Shigella is a leading cause of bacterial diarrhea worldwide, with 80–165 million annual cases (estimated) [6] and 74,000 to 600,000 deaths. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is one of the top four pathogens that cause moderate-to-severe diarrhea in African and South Asian children.
A shigella infection can cause bloody diarrhea, fever and stomach pain, among other symptoms, making this an illness no one wants to have.
The CDC is warning about a rise in an almost untreatable stomach bug, the bacterial infection Shigella, which is a major cause of inflammatory diarrhea. CDC warns about the rise in almost ...
A drug-resistant strain of Shigella bacteria is quickly becoming more common, the CDC warns. Here's what to know about shigellosis transmission, symptoms and treatment.
It is sometimes listed as an explicit differential diagnosis of bacillary dysentery, as opposed to a cause. [6] Bacillary dysentery should not be confused with diarrhea caused by other bacterial infections. One characteristic of bacillary dysentery is blood in stool, [7] which is the result of invasion of the mucosa by the pathogen.
Shigella infection causes fever and diarrhea, which may become bloody. Symptoms occur one to two days after coming in contact with the bacteria and typically last five to seven days, although some ...