shigellosis
IPA: ʃɪgˈeɪɫˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (medicine) A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria
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Examples of "shigellosis" in Sentences
- After taking microbiology, she had an acute case of shigellosis.
- Shigellosis is a more common and serious condition in the developing world.
- About 700 are confirmed as dying, either by disease shigellosis or by murder.
- Bacillary dysentery is a type of dysentery, and is a severe form of shigellosis.
- Exactly you said, shigellosis is a bacterial infection caused by the shigella (ph) bacteria.
- Michael from Kansas asks, quote, "For those children with shigellosis, do you recommend giving them an electrolyte enhanced drink?"
- Health investigators say there's been a huge jump in the number of kids coming down with what is called shigellosis, a bacterial infection.
- A couple things to keep in mind, though, for the most part, shigellosis, there have been over 500 cases over the eight months, does not need an antibiotic.
- ROBERTS: Our second question, Sanjay, deals with that outbreak of shigellosis caused by the shigello bacteria, that was in all of those day cares in the St. Louis area.
- Diarrheal diseases -- cholera, rotavirus, shigellosis, and others -- are the second leading killer of children under the age of five in the developing world (pneumonia is #1).
- The Allegheny County Health Department has documented 60 cases of shigella infections that can cause the illness known as shigellosis that can include diarrhea, stomach cramping and fever.
- But in countries where drinking water and hygiene are compromised even in the best of times, cholera -- and other diarrheal diseases like dysentery, typhoid and shigellosis -- can proliferate.
- • Bacterial, parasitic, or viral infection in the digestive tract: Children can contract infections like salmonellosis, shigellosis, gastroenteritis rotavirus, or giardiasis by food contamination or hand-to-mouth transfer.
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