Shigella: Infection is easily spread by faecal-oral

Shigella infection is easily spread by faecal-oral contact or by contaminated water or food. It usually presents as a mild, self-limiting diarrhoeal illness. is more common in low- and middle-income countries and causes a more severe illness with dysentery. type 1 is a cause of haemolytic urae... Diarrhoea can be defined as the passage of: Based on duration, diarrhoea is classified as: Shigella is a genus of the Enterobacteriaceae family, consisting of four species of aerobic, nonmotile, non-lactose-fermenting gram-negative rods: S sonnei, S flexneri, S boydii, and S dysenteriae. Shigellosis may spread from person to person (by fecal-oral contact), and via contaminated water and food. Raramente, estão envolvidos outros organismos, como Shigella e Streptococcus pneumoniae. A lesão renal aguda que requer diálise ocorre em aproximadamente metade das crianças com SHU associada à diarreia.