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Shigella-Shigella flexneri
Common Name- Shigella which causes Shigellosis
Shigella is a bacterium, and they are circular and cone shaped when inside a
human
Symptoms usually develop about 1 to 7 days (average 3 days) after you
come in contact with the bacteria.

Symptoms include:

• Acute abdominal pain or cramping

• Acute fever
• Blood, mucus, or pus in stool
• Crampy rectal pain (tenesmus)
• Nausea and vomiting
• Watery diarrhea

Shigella can be spread by poisonous food or water, rarely sex, and fecal-oral-
transmission. It has the ability to infect different cell types, such as enterocytes
and M cells. It most commonly infects humans.

Medications that stop diarrhea are generally not given because they may
prolong the course of the disease. Self-care measures to avoid dehydration
include drinking electrolyte solutions to replace the fluids lost by diarrhea.
Several varieties of electrolyte solutions are now available over the counter.
Antibiotics can help shorten the length of the illness and help prevent it from
spreading to others. They may also be prescribed for patients with severe
symptoms. Frequently used antibiotics include sulfamethoxazole and
trimethoprim (Bactrim), ampicillin, ciprofloxacin (Cipro), or azithromycin.

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