Shigella species
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Aerobic Gram-negative rod (non-motile, non-spore forming), family Enterobacteriaceae.
- Four groups: subdivided into serotypes and subserotypes based upon lipopolysaccharide O antigenic repeats.
- Group A (S. dysenteriae see separate module for discussion of Group A infections, often cause of pandemics arising from natural and man-made disasters)
- Group B (S. flexneri, leading cause in low- and middle-income countries)
- Group C (S. boydii, relatively uncommon cause)
- Group D (S. sonnei, leading diarrhea cause in high income countries)
- >46 serotypes mean that there is often little protective immunity offered when exposed to new infections.
- In clinical microbiology laboratories, MacConkey or EMB agar in addition to Shigella-Salmonella agar yields best growth.
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Last updated: February 8, 2018
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G. "Shigella Species." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540502/all/Shigella_species.
Auwaerter PG. Shigella species. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540502/all/Shigella_species. Accessed August 23, 2019.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2018). Shigella species. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540502/all/Shigella_species
Auwaerter PG. Shigella Species [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2019 August 23]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540502/all/Shigella_species.
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