Shigella

If someone is infected with shigella the bacteria can pass. Sonnei are responsible for endemic disease whereas epidemic outbreaks are due to S.

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Shigella infection is a disease essentially.

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Shigellosis is an infection caused by bacteria germs called Shigella that can easily spread from person to person and make people sick. Shigella is a type of bacteria that can cause severe diarrhea most often in children. Confirming shigella infection involves taking a sample of your stool to be tested in a lab for the presence of shigella bacteria or their toxins.

Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella boydii and Shigella sonnei. First discovered in 1896 by Kiyoshi Shiga a Japanese microbiologist Shigella is a genus consisting of Gram-negative. Shigellosis is a bacterial infection affecting the intestinal tract.

About 2 1-4 of people who are infected with certain types of Shigella most commonly Shigella flexneri will experience. The most common symptoms of shigellosis include. Most cases are seen in the summer and early fall and occur as single cases or in association with outbreaks.

Shigella genus Shigella genus of rod-shaped bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae species of which are normal inhabitants of the human intestinal tract and can cause bacillary. Shigella flexneri and to a lesser extent S. WebMD explains causes symptoms and treatment.

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