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Infection caused by Group C Shigella

MedGen UID:
549868
•Concept ID:
C0302360
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Shigellosis caused by Shigella boydii
SNOMED CT: Shigellosis caused by Shigella boydii (55760004); Infection caused by Group C Shigella (55760004)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Shigellosis : challenges & management issues.
Sur D, Ramamurthy T, Deen J, Bhattacharya SK
Indian J Med Res 2004 Nov;120(5):454-62. PMID: 15591629
An evaluation of current shigellosis treatment.
Bhattacharya SK, Sur D
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2003 Aug;4(8):1315-20. doi: 10.1517/14656566.4.8.1315. PMID: 12877639

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Laboratory indices of hospitalized sickle cell disease patients, prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacterial isolates at MRCG ward in the Gambia.
Dibbasey M, Dahaba M, Sarfo F, Jallow-Manneh I, Ceesay B, Umukoro S, Diop MF, Amambua-Ngwa A
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Aug 22;23(1):546. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08542-z. PMID: 37605140Free PMC Article
Prevalence and associated risk factors of Shigella flexneri isolated from drinking water and retail raw foods in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Nisa I, Qasim M, Driessen A, Nijland J, Rafiullah, Ali A, Mirza MR, Khan MA, Khan TA, Jalal A, Rahman H
J Food Sci 2021 Jun;86(6):2579-2589. Epub 2021 May 30 doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.15777. PMID: 34056725
Detection of intra-familial transmission of shigella infection using conventional serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Khan AI, Talukder KA, Huq S, Mondal D, Malek MA, Dutta DK, Nair GB, Faruque AS
Epidemiol Infect 2006 Jun;134(3):605-11. Epub 2005 Nov 17 doi: 10.1017/S0950268805005534. PMID: 16288683Free PMC Article
Shigellosis in children from north India: a clinicopathological study.
Thapa BR, Ventkateswarlu K, Malik AK, Panigrahi D
J Trop Pediatr 1995 Oct;41(5):303-7. doi: 10.1093/tropej/41.5.303. PMID: 8531265
Shigellosis in neonates and young infants.
Huskins WC, Griffiths JK, Faruque AS, Bennish ML
J Pediatr 1994 Jul;125(1):14-22. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70115-6. PMID: 8021764

Diagnosis

Laboratory indices of hospitalized sickle cell disease patients, prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacterial isolates at MRCG ward in the Gambia.
Dibbasey M, Dahaba M, Sarfo F, Jallow-Manneh I, Ceesay B, Umukoro S, Diop MF, Amambua-Ngwa A
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Aug 22;23(1):546. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08542-z. PMID: 37605140Free PMC Article
Shigellosis : challenges & management issues.
Sur D, Ramamurthy T, Deen J, Bhattacharya SK
Indian J Med Res 2004 Nov;120(5):454-62. PMID: 15591629
Shigellosis in neonates and young infants.
Huskins WC, Griffiths JK, Faruque AS, Bennish ML
J Pediatr 1994 Jul;125(1):14-22. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70115-6. PMID: 8021764
Microbiology and diagnosis of infections with Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli.
Echeverria P, Sethabutr O, Pitarangsi C
Rev Infect Dis 1991 Mar-Apr;13 Suppl 4:S220-5. doi: 10.1093/clinids/13.supplement_4.s220. PMID: 2047641
Shigella bacteremia in adults. A report of five cases and review of the literature.
Morduchowicz G, Huminer D, Siegman-Igra Y, Drucker M, Block CS, Pitlik SD
Arch Intern Med 1987 Nov;147(11):2034-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.147.11.2034. PMID: 3314766

Therapy

Changing trends in the prevalence of Shigella species: emergence of multi-drug resistant Shigella sonnei biotype g in Bangladesh.
Ud-Din AI, Wahid SU, Latif HA, Shahnaij M, Akter M, Azmi IJ, Hasan TN, Ahmed D, Hossain MA, Faruque AS, Faruque SM, Talukder KA
PLoS One 2013;8(12):e82601. Epub 2013 Dec 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082601. PMID: 24367527Free PMC Article
An evaluation of current shigellosis treatment.
Bhattacharya SK, Sur D
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2003 Aug;4(8):1315-20. doi: 10.1517/14656566.4.8.1315. PMID: 12877639
Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes of Shigella isolates in Kigali, Rwanda (1983 to 1993): increasing frequency of multiple resistance.
Bogaerts J, Verhaegen J, Munyabikali JP, Mukantabana B, Lemmens P, Vandeven J, Vandepitte J
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1997 Aug;28(4):165-71. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(97)00072-2. PMID: 9327243
Epidemiology of Shigella infections in two ethnic groups in a geographic region in southern Israel.
Finkelman Y, Yagupsky P, Fraser D, Dagan R
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1994 May;13(5):367-73. doi: 10.1007/BF01971992. PMID: 8070448

Prognosis

A comparison of disease caused by Shigella and Campylobacter species: 24 months community based surveillance in 4 slums of Karachi, Pakistan.
Soofi SB, Habib MA, von Seidlein L, Khan MJ, Muhammad S, Bhutto N, Khan MI, Rasool S, Zafar A, Clemens JD, Nizami Q, Bhutta ZA
J Infect Public Health 2011 Mar;4(1):12-21. Epub 2011 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.10.001. PMID: 21338955
The catalase reaction of Shigella species and its use in rapid screening for epidemic Shigella dysenteriae type 1.
Karas JA, Pillay DG, Sturm AW
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2007 Jan;101(1):79-84. doi: 10.1179/136485907154575. PMID: 17244412
Global burden of Shigella infections: implications for vaccine development and implementation of control strategies.
Kotloff KL, Winickoff JP, Ivanoff B, Clemens JD, Swerdlow DL, Sansonetti PJ, Adak GK, Levine MM
Bull World Health Organ 1999;77(8):651-66. PMID: 10516787Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of shigellosis among children exposed to cases of Shigella dysentery: a multivariate assessment.
Ahmed F, Clemens JD, Rao MR, Ansaruzzaman M, Haque E
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 Mar;56(3):258-64. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.258. PMID: 9129527
Shigellosis in neonates and young infants.
Huskins WC, Griffiths JK, Faruque AS, Bennish ML
J Pediatr 1994 Jul;125(1):14-22. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70115-6. PMID: 8021764

Clinical prediction guides

Prevalence and associated risk factors of Shigella flexneri isolated from drinking water and retail raw foods in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Nisa I, Qasim M, Driessen A, Nijland J, Rafiullah, Ali A, Mirza MR, Khan MA, Khan TA, Jalal A, Rahman H
J Food Sci 2021 Jun;86(6):2579-2589. Epub 2021 May 30 doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.15777. PMID: 34056725
Neurological manifestations of shigellosis in children in southwestern Iran.
Shamsizadeh A, Nikfar R, Bavarsadian E
Pediatr Int 2012 Feb;54(1):127-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03522.x. PMID: 22115119
A comparison of disease caused by Shigella and Campylobacter species: 24 months community based surveillance in 4 slums of Karachi, Pakistan.
Soofi SB, Habib MA, von Seidlein L, Khan MJ, Muhammad S, Bhutto N, Khan MI, Rasool S, Zafar A, Clemens JD, Nizami Q, Bhutta ZA
J Infect Public Health 2011 Mar;4(1):12-21. Epub 2011 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.10.001. PMID: 21338955
Shigellosis in children from north India: a clinicopathological study.
Thapa BR, Ventkateswarlu K, Malik AK, Panigrahi D
J Trop Pediatr 1995 Oct;41(5):303-7. doi: 10.1093/tropej/41.5.303. PMID: 8531265
Shigellosis in neonates and young infants.
Huskins WC, Griffiths JK, Faruque AS, Bennish ML
J Pediatr 1994 Jul;125(1):14-22. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70115-6. PMID: 8021764

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