An HIV-1-infected adult presented with a short history of dyspnoea, productive cough and myalgia with fever. Shortly after presentation, he developed the abrupt onset of high-volume watery diarrhoea: stool culture grew Shigella sonnei. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Cat Scratch

  […] granulocytic anaplasmosis, Anaplasmosis Ehrlichia chaffeensis Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia ewingii Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection Rhizobiales Brucellaceae Brucella abortus Brucellosis Bartonellaceae Bartonellosis : Bartonella henselae Cat-scratch [en.wikipedia.org]

• Pneumonia

  Pneumonia caused by shigellosis with or without typical dysentery in immunocompetent patients is an uncommon entity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella pneumonia Klebsiella granulomatis Granuloma inguinale Klebsiella oxytoca Escherichia coli : Enterotoxigenic Enteroinvasive Enterohemorrhagic O157:H7 O104:H4 Hemolytic-uremic syndrome Enterobacter aerogenes / Enterobacter cloacae [en.wikipedia.org]

• Sputum

  Culture of sputum and blood was negative. The patient recovered with fluid resuscitation and ciprofloxacin monotherapy. This is the first reported case of pneumonia complicating S. sonnei dysentery in an HIV-infected adult. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Purulent Sputum

  The clinical picture was remarkable as the patient presented with cough and purulent sputum production, but otherwise no classical signs of pneumonia. Furthermore, there was no diarrhoeal episode in the recent history. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Sputum Production

  The clinical picture was remarkable as the patient presented with cough and purulent sputum production, but otherwise no classical signs of pneumonia. Furthermore, there was no diarrhoeal episode in the recent history. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Productive Cough

  An HIV-1-infected adult presented with a short history of dyspnoea, productive cough and myalgia with fever. Shortly after presentation, he developed the abrupt onset of high-volume watery diarrhoea: stool culture grew Shigella sonnei. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Diarrhea

  A 20-month-old infant presented to the emergency department with diarrhea and vomiting of six days duration. Blood, stool and urine specimens were collected for both bacteriological culture and parasitic workup. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Abdominal Pain

  Of the 568 (60.6%, 568/937) hospitalized students, 93.3% 86.8%, 72.4%, and 28.9% of the hospitalized patients had diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and vomiting, respectively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Four teachers had mild abdominal pain and diarrhea. None of them was hospitalized and they recovered well in two to three days. [indianpediatrics.net]

  The organism invades the epithelial cell of the large intestine which causes shigellosis with mucous and bloody diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain. [abcam.com]

• Nausea

  —A 23-year-old laboratory technician was admitted to the hospital on Aug. 10 with a history of fever, chills, headache, abdominal cramping, nausea, and diarrhea for four hours [jamanetwork.com]

  […] intestinal lining. crowded population where hygiene/ sanitation is poor (prisons, day care, mental hospitals; men who sleep with men) fecal contaminated food with water 1-3 days; usually 12-96 hours usually 4-7 days; may take weeks diarrhea, fever, nausea [quizlet.com]

  IMage/CDC Shigellosis is a bacterial disease characterized by diarrhea, fever, nausea, and sometimes vomiting, cramps, and toxemia (blood poisoning from toxins produced by the bacteria). The diarrhea will often contain blood and mucus. [outbreaknewstoday.com]

  There was no history of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, dizzy spells or loss of consciousness associated with his presenting symptoms. He denied recent use of antibiotics, foreign travel or known ingestion of contaminated foods. [priory.com]

• Myalgia

  An HIV-1-infected adult presented with a short history of dyspnoea, productive cough and myalgia with fever. Shortly after presentation, he developed the abrupt onset of high-volume watery diarrhoea: stool culture grew Shigella sonnei. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  The most commonly reported solicited systemic AEs were fatigue, myalgia, headache, and arthralgia, reported by 39, 29, 14, and 11% of participants in either group. [frontiersin.org]

  Also our patient did not have other common features of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) including headaches, myalgia, and arthralgia and no preceding tick exposure. [hindawi.com]

• Suggestibility

  This study suggests that these recent S. sonnei isolates are clonally related and multidrug-resistant. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Salpingitis

  A case of perihepatitis-salpingitis syndrome is described in a woman from whose cervix Shigella sonnei was isolated. Her sexual practices included anal, then vaginal, intercourse, which may account for the pathogenesis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blood, stool and urine specimens were collected for both bacteriological culture and parasitic workup. Concurrent infections with both Shigella sonnei and Vibrio cholerae were determined to be the cause of the infectious diarrhea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Other workup for tick-borne infection including Lyme, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma was negative. Autoimmune workups including ANA, antismooth muscle, liver/kidney microsome, and mitochondrial antibodies were negative. [hindawi.com]

• Bartonella Henselae

  henselae Cat-scratch disease Bartonella quintana Trench fever Either B. henselae or B. quintana Bacillary angiomatosis Bartonella bacilliformis Carrion's disease, Verruga peruana β Neisseriales M Neisseria meningitidis/meningococcus Meningococcal disease [en.wikipedia.org]

• Listeria Monocytogenes

  monocytogenes Reference Laboratory, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland. 4 School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. 5 Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  The immunoprotective composition of claim 1, wherein said attenuated bacteria are selected from the group consisting of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [lens.org]

  Both Shigella species were able to survive in long term coculture assays in low-nutrient medium suggesting that, like Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella species can utilize amoeba debris for nutritional requirements ( 17 ). [aem.asm.org]

• Colitis

  However, more severe infection can lead to colitis, ulcerations, bloody/mucoid stools, febrile diarrhoea, toxic megacolon, intestinal perforation and rectal prolapse (Niyogi, 2005; Phalipon et al ., 2008). References: Niyogi S.K. (2005) Shigellosis. [healthcare.bioquell.com]

  Compared with STEC-producing Stx1, STEC-producing Stx2 has been reported to be more highly pathogenic and to be associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and hemorrhagic colitis ( 2 ); the association with HUS especially has been reported for subtypes [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Advertisement Colon non tumor Infectious colitis (specific microorganisms) Shigella of colon Topic Completed: 01 January 2016 Revised: 10 January 2017, last major update January 2016 Copyright: (c) 2003-2017, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc. [pathologyoutlines.com]

  Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis was significant for hepatic steatosis, hepatomegaly, mild right colitis, and absence of gallstones. [hindawi.com]

Although antibiotics are considered as efficient agents for shigellosis treatment, improper use of these has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Shigella spp. Therefore, finding a new strategy as alternative treatment seems necessary. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Encouraging results suggests that bioenergy healing treatment as an integrative medicine against S. sonnei would be a better and safe treatment approach in near future. [trivedieffect.com]

Biofield treatment The lyophilized strain of S. sonnei were divided into three groups (G) like G-I (control), G-II (treatment, revived), and G-III (treatment, lyophilized). G-I consider as control. No treatment was given. [omicsonline.org]

The prognosis for shigellosis is generally good and most people recover even without medications within five to seven days. What is shigellosis? Shigellosis is a diarrheal disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. [medicinenet.com]

We report an unusual identification of S. sonnei as the only identified pathogen from respiratory specimens, which we therefore consider the most likely etiology of this subacute atypical pneumonia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Title Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery. Journal Nucleic Acids Res 33:6445-58 (2005) DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki954 [genome.jp]

Shigella was recognized as the etiologic agent for bacillary dysentery in the 1890's, and adopted as a genus in the 1950's and subgrouped into four species. [bacmap.wishartlab.com]

The epidemiological characteristics of this outbreak suggest roles of risky sexual behaviours or networks in S. sonnei transmission. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Similarly, the pathophysiological mechanism responsible for myonecrosis in Shigellosis and other bacterial infections is unclear. [priory.com]

The process described above reviews the well-described pathophysiologic mechanism of toxins produced by EHEC and Shigella dysenteriae. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

References Pathophysiology of gastrointestinal infections: the role of bismuth subsalicylate. Scottsdale, Arizona, 11-14 February 1988. Proceedings. Rev Infect Dis. 1990;12 Suppl 1:S1-119. Steffen R. [cdc.gov]

Sites Disease occurs primarily in the left colon and involvement of the terminal ileum is common Disease may occur in other parts of the large bowel Very rarely, fulminant disease occurs because of massive small intestinal invasion (Ikari syndrome) Pathophysiology [pathologyoutlines.com]

Author information 1 Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. 2 Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China. 3 Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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