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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. [8]
Shigellosis, known historically as dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. [1] [3] Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and feeling the need to pass stools even when the bowels are empty. [1]
A shigella infection can cause bloody diarrhea, fever and stomach pain, among other symptoms, making this an illness no one wants to have.
Seizures occur most often in children, although how Shigella causes this complication is unknown. Bloodstream infections may occur from Shigella. Rectal prolapse can occur while straining during bowel movements. Toxic megacolon paralyzes bowel movements or causes passing gas. Reactive arthritis, which is the inflammation of joints [13]
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 ...
Parvo Infection. This virus causes bloody diarrhea and vomiting and is often fatal without hospitalization. It can be difficult in the first days to tell it apart from coccidia and other internal ...
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 dysenteriae is a species of the rod-shaped bacterial genus Shigella. [1] Shigella species can cause shigellosis (bacillary dysentery). Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria. [2] S. dysenteriae has the ability to invade and replicate in various species of epithelial cells and ...