Directory of Shigellosis Resources

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Shigellosis, also known as bacillary dysentery in its most severe manifestation, is a foodborne illness caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Shigella.

Resources in This Category

• Bad Bug Book: Shigella spp.

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070563.htm
  Includes cause, associated foods, complications, and outbreaks.

• eMedicine - Shigellosis

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/182767-overview
  Article by Joyann A Kroser, MD.

• Kidshealth: Shigellosis

  http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/shigella.html
  Includes cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Shigella Enteritis

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000295.htm
  Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, complications, prevention, and treatment.

• Medmicro: Shigella

  http://myplace.frontier.com/~dffix/medmicro/shige.htm
  Medical and scientific information on this organism and the disease it causes.

• Microbewiki: Shigella

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Shigella
  Provides information on Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii and S. sonnei, their classification, genome structure, life cycle, metabolism, pathology and current research.

• Patient UK: Bacillary Dysentery

  http://patient.info/doctor/bacillary-dysentery
  Provides information on this bacterial infection, including its epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.

• Shigella: An Infectious Foodborne Illness

  http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5563
  Fact sheet from Ohio State University Extension about this germ which causes an infectious disease.

• Shigellosis - General Information

  http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/shigellosis/
  Frequently asked questions list about shigella and shigellosis.

• The Merck Manual: Shigellosis

  http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/gram-negative-bacilli/shigellosis
  Features symptoms, cause, treatment, and prevention.

• Wikipedia: Shigellosis

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigellosis
  Encyclopedia article on this foodborne infection, also known as bacillary dysentery, caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella.

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