Salmonella, Shigella, and yersinia

JP Dekker, KM Frank - Clinics in laboratory medicine, 2015 - labmed.theclinics.com
In this review, the authors discuss 3 enteric pathogens: Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia.
These important members of Enterobacteriaceae are responsible for significant morbidity …

The Rising Dominance of Shigella sonnei: An Intercontinental Shift in the Etiology of Bacillary Dysentery

CN Thompson, PT Duy, S Baker - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Shigellosis is the major global cause of dysentery. Shigella sonnei, which has historically
been more commonly isolated in developed countries, is undergoing an unprecedented …

Shigella flexneri infection: pathogenesis and vaccine development

AV Jennison, NK Verma - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Shigella flexneri is a gram-negative bacterium which causes the most communicable of
bacterial dysenteries, shigellosis. Shigellosis causes 1.1 million deaths and over 164 million …

Comparison of the prevalence and changing resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin of Shigella between Europe–America and Asia–Africa from 1998 to 2009

B Gu, Y Cao, S Pan, L Zhuang, R Yu, Z Peng… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Shigella is becoming an increasing public health problem due to development of multiple
antimicrobial resistance, frequently resulting in treatment failure. A systematic review was …

Travel and the spread of drug-resistant bacteria

KL Schwartz, SK Morris - Current infectious disease reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The rise in antimicrobial resistance is an urgent public health
threat which, in the absence of intervention, may result in a post-antibiotic era limiting the …

Antimicrobial resistance in shigellosis: A surveillance study among urban and rural children over 20 years in Bangladesh

S Nuzhat, R Das, S Das, SB Islam, P Palit, MA Haque… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Antimicrobial resistance against shigellosis is increasingly alarming. However, evidence-
based knowledge gaps regarding the changing trends of shigellosis in Bangladesh exist …

Antibacterial effect of oregano essential oil alone and in combination with antibiotics against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli

H Si, J Hu, Z Liu, Z Zeng - FEMS Immunology & Medical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we studied the antibacterial effects of oregano essential oil (OEO) both alone,
using a twofold dilution method, and combined with antibiotics, using a checkerboard …

Shigella infections in children: new insights

S Ashkenazi - Seminars in pediatric infectious diseases, 2004 - Elsevier
Shigellosis, the acute enteric infection caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella, has a
worldwide distribution with an estimated annual incidence of 164.7 million cases, of which …

Protection from routine vaccination at the age of 14 months with meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine in the Netherlands

SC de Greeff, HE de Melker, L Spanjaard… - The Pediatric …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Routine vaccination with a single dose of conjugated meningococcal C vaccine at 14
months and a catch-up campaign have reduced the incidence of meningococcal C disease …

Morphological, biological, and genomic characterization of a newly isolated lytic phage Sfk20 infecting Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei, and Shigella dysenteriae1

B Mallick, P Mondal, M Dutta - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Shigellosis, caused by Shigella bacterial spp., is one of the leading causes of diarrheal
morbidity and mortality. An increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Shigella species …