Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Dysentery caused by any of various species of shigellae, occurring most frequently in areas where poor sanitation and malnutrition are prevalent and commonly affecting children and infants.
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- noun medicine A form of
dysentery caused byintestinal infection withShigella bacteria
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- noun an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains
Etymologies
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Examples
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Health investigators say there's been a huge jump in the number of kids coming down with what is called shigellosis, a bacterial infection.
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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.
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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).
Richard Chin: The Possiblity of a Pandemic and the Certainty of Diseases That Kill 2009
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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.
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Michael from Kansas asks, quote, "For those children with shigellosis, do you recommend giving them an electrolyte enhanced drink?"
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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.
WAVES OF DISEASE 2007
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• 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.
Baby Bites Bridget Swinney 2007
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Exactly you said, shigellosis is a bacterial infection caused by the shigella (ph) bacteria.
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• 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.
Baby Bites Bridget Swinney 2007
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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.
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