Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles identified three cases of shigella in the city, a bacterial infection ...

County health officials have identified what appears to be a strain unique to Los Angeles amid a spike in drug-resistant ...

Shigella bacteria causes fever ... officials to call it a "serious public health threat". Without effective treatment, it could cause severe illness or even death. In a statement on Friday ...

A new, highly drug-resistant strain of Shigella bacteria, causing severe diarrhea, has emerged in Los Angeles. Researchers at ...

"The increasing severity of Shigella infections among homeless individuals ... to nearly all oral antibiotics commonly used for treatment, leaving health care providers with few treatment options.

Shigella, a highly-contagious bacteria, can cause stomach pain, diarrhea and fever. A doctor said people should not panic, but they should take precautions. MILWAUKEE - A highly-contagious ...

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 ...

Inappropriate treatment with antimicrobial agents may result in severe complications and death. Identification of resistance pattern of shigella microorganism in each country is necessary.

The increasing severity of Shigella infections among homeless individuals ... to nearly all oral antibiotics commonly used for treatment, leaving healthcare providers with few treatment options.

But Shigella sonnei, the parent strain of the ... which bacteria is sickening the patient and prescribe the appropriate treatment, the duration of the infection — and period in which it can ...