OBJECTIVES The genus Shigella comprises the most infectious and diarrheagenic bacteria causing severe diseases, mostly in children under five years of age. This study aimed to detect nine virulence genes (ipaBCD, VirA, sen, set1A, set1B, ial, ipaH, stx, and sat) in Shigella species (spp.) using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (MPCR) and to determine the relation of Shigella spp. from pediat...

Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Yersinia spp. are important enteropathogenic bacteria. Antibiotic treatment is normally indicated for infections caused by Shigella spp. and only in the case of severe infections for Salmonella and Yersinia. Studies from a number of countries have reported the development of resistance of these bacteria to certain antibiotics. The new quinolones, such as cipr...

Aim In This study focused on the detection of dominant clones and genetic relationship of Shigella spp. isolated from children with diarrhea in the main pediatric hospital in Ahvaz by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) technique. Background Shigellosis is considered as one of the problematic bacterial infections for public health in the world. Khuzestan province in the Southwestern part of Ir...

conclusions these findings underscored the importance of monitoring and developing guidelines for better management of infectious diarrhoea in bangladesh and elsewhere. background diarrhoea is considered as the most widespread illness occurring in bangladesh. in addition, the growing antimicrobial resistance of diarrhoeal pathogens in this developing country hardens physicians to supervise pati...

A total of 1,013 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae were identified in parallel by the Repliscan (Cathra International, Ontario, Canada) and API 20E (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) systems. There was a 62% agreement at the genus level between the two systems. Of the 38% discrepant results, Repliscan classified 22% as "biochemical pattern not on file," 8% as a multiple-genus group which include...

background and objectives: strains of shigella spp. can cause shigellosis, or bacillary dysentery.that is a public health problem worldwide. the aim of this study was to describe the population structure and genetic relatedness of multidrug resistant s. sonnei and s. flexneri isolated during a one year period from children with diarrhea in tehran, iran. materials and methods: a total of 70 shig...

shigellosis is one of the important gastrointestinal bacterial infections, particularly among children of developing countries such as iran. antibiotic susceptibility pattern and genetic typing for epidemiological purposes are of significant issues in shigella infectious control. the aim of this study was to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility and genetic relationship among shigella strai...

The clinical course for a patient with symptomatic urinary tract infection due to Shigella sonnei is described. The role of Shigella spp. as urinary pathogens is reviewed.

background: essential oils and their major constituents are useful sources of antimicrobial compounds. there are a few reports on the decontamination and antimicrobial activity of essential oils towards shigella spp. m aterials and methods: in this study, the antimicrobial and decontamination potentials of essential oils at different concentrations, belonging to plants such as thymus vulgaris, ...

The EntericBio system uses a multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Campylobacter spp., Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp., and Escherichia coli O157 from feces. It combines overnight broth enrichment with PCR amplification and detection by hybridization. An evaluation of this system was conducted by comparing the results obtained with the system with those obtained by routine cu...