Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

Acute diarrhoeal diseases remain a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality
particularly among young children in resource-limited countries. Recent large studies …

Background Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of mortality in children worldwide, but
establishing the cause can be complicated by diverse diagnostic approaches and varying …

Shigella Isolates From the Global Enteric Multicenter Study Inform Vaccine Development |
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A major threat to the world is the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which has
rendered previously susceptible drugs useless and increased the rate of therapeutic …

Bacterial gastroenteritis is a disease that is pervasive in both the developing and developed
worlds. While for the most part bacterial gastroenteritis is self-limiting, identification of an …

Shigella spp. are gram-negative pathogenic bacteria that evolved from harmless
enterobacterial relatives and may cause devastating diarrhea upon ingestion. Research …

Background: Shigella remains the primary cause of diarrhoea in paediatric patients
worldwide and accounts for up to 40,000 deaths per year. Current guidelines for the …

In this review, the authors discuss 3 enteric pathogens: Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia.
These important members of Enterobacteriaceae are responsible for significant morbidity …

More than 50 years of research has yielded numerous Shigella vaccine candidates that
have exemplified both the promise of vaccine-induced prevention of shigellosis and the …