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- Transmitted by fecal contamination of water and food or hand to hand contactTeenHealth: Shigellosis
- Treated with fluids
- Most recover within a week without antibioticsTeenHealth: Shigellosis
- Prevented by hand washing after using the bathroom and changing diapersTeenHealth: Shigellosis
- Onset of symptoms usually occurs 12 hours to several days after infectionTeenHealth: Shigellosis
- High-risk locations: Daycare centers. military camps and other care facilitiesMerck: Shigellosis
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Shigellosis is a bacterial infection in which the Shigella bacteria is ingested and infects the intestines. The bacteria attacks the walls of the intestines causing severe abdominal pain and watery to bloody diarrhea.TeenHealth: Shigellosis
Symptoms
Common symptoms include painful, watery diarrhea that may have blood or mucous, fever, increased number of bowel movements. In severe cases, weight loss and dehydration are common, without treatment shock and death can occur.Merck: ShigellosisUnited States Statistics
Each year, approximately 500,000 people get shigellosis in the United States.Merck: Shigellosis-
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Shigellosis Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Shigellosis Clinical Trials
Shigellosis Discussion and Blogs
- MedHelp: Shigella Recovery
- Polite Dissent: Medical News Quiz
- The Geswein Family: Diagnosis: Shigellosis
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