An novel and extensively drug-resistant strain of Shigella sonnei has emerged and is likely still actively spreading in the U ...

Dysentery is no joke, with debilitating diarrhea as its hallmark symptom. Every year, over 165 million cases of dysentery and ...

A recent study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has uncovered an increase in severe multidrug-resistant (MDR) ...

Shigellosis, a form of bacterial dysentery caused by Shigella bacteria, is the second leading cause of fatal diarrhoeal disease worldwide, but at the moment there is no approved shot for the ...

A recent study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has uncovered an increase in severe multidrug-resistant (MDR) Shigella sonnei infections, particularly among people experiencing homelessness ...

Methods: Seventy-three children aged 6 to 60 months with severe bloody dysentery caused by Shigella infection were either given a rice-based diet (54 kcal/dL), with cooked GB (250 g/L ...

For the study, a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia conducted a retrospective review of 163 patients diagnosed as having Shigella sonnei infections from 2015 through 2022.

Confirmed case of swine dysentery: a positive laboratory diagnosis by culture and/or PCR of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae in the presence of clinical signs of diarrhoea in the pigs. Swine dysentery ...

He has contributed detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms through which Shigella invades and kills cells, and is developing vaccine candidates against this dysentery-causing bacterium. His ...