Acute diarrhea leads to a substantial disease burden among the elderly worldwide. However, in the context of increasingly aging trend in China, the prevalence of etiological agents among elderly diarrheal patients was undetermined. This study aimed to explore the major enteropathogens of acute diarrhea among outpatients older than 65 years in China, and also the epidemiological features of the ...

It has been difficult to evaluate the protective efficacy of vaccine candidates against shigellosis, a major form of bacillary dysentery caused by Shigella spp. infection, because of the lack of suitable animal models. To develop a proper animal model representing human bacillary dysentery, guinea pigs were challenged with virulent Shigella flexneri serotype 2a (strains 2457T or YSH6000) or S. ...

This article has reviewed the available researches that obtained from peer-reviewed literatures on Salmonellosis and Shigellosis in different parts of Ethiopia. The prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella, the causative agent for Salmonellosis and Shigellosis, respectively, their antibiogram and growth potential were the main objectives of this review. Food borne diseases related to unhygienic fo...

Over a period of 10 years 35,620 patients, admitted from a defined surveillance area, had a rectal swab culture done at a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh. Shigella spp. were isolated from 3,440 (9.7%) cases. Marked year to year variations were observed in isolation rates of Shigella spp. ranging from 5.7% to 16.7%. Sh. flexneri was the predominant isolate between 1978 to 1982 (56...

Breast milk has a distinctive combination of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, lipids and various vitamins that promote the proper growth, development and immunity of the infants. That’s why it is considered to be a complete food for new born babies. Moreover, it is also rich in various bioactive compounds which promote the maturation of immune system as well as develop body’s defense against ...

BACKGROUND In Malaysia, Shigella spp. was reported to be the third commonest bacterial agent responsible for childhood diarrhoea. Currently, isolation of the bacterium and confirmation of the disease by microbiological and biochemical methods remain as the "gold standard". This study aimed to detect the prevalence of four Shigella virulence genes present concurrently, in randomly selected Malay...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diarrheal diseases are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children in developing countries. Of the bacterial causes of dysentery, Shigella are the major enteropathogens with outbreak potential and common development of antimicrobial resistance. This study determined the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of different spp. of Shigella in Asm...

0196-4399/00 (see frontmatter) © 2010 Elsevier Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 32:5,2010 The following describes our experience in developing an improved medium for the detection of Salmonella and Shigella species in clinical specimens. Initially, we attempted to build on past improvements of enteric plating agars containing the surfactant Niaproof 4, formerly known as Tergitol 4. However, des...

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a coccidian agent of chronic diarrhea in humans with a worldwide distribution. We report the first documented case of acquired Cyclosporiasis in Italy. The patient was an immunocompetent woman with no recent history of travel outside the country. Microscopy detected Cyclospora oocysts in a feces sample. PCR detected the pathogen in a second sample, which had tested ne...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Shigella spp. is of increasing clinical concern specially in children worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Shigella spp. in Tehran, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included all Shigella isolates recovered from pediatric patien...