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The Lancet, The Lancet (Reed Elsevier)
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Shigella is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular, gastric acid-resistant bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, which includes four serogroups: Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, and Shigella boydii. Globally, shigellosis is the most common cause of invasive bloody diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years. Humans are the only natural reservoir and an inoculum of only 10–100 organisms is required for infection. Rising antibiotic resistance rates increasingly reduce the ability to adequately treat severe disease.
Jennifer Hendrick, Rubhana Raqib, Zannatun Noor, A S G Faruque, Rashidul Haque, William A Petri
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