Bacterial — Intestinal Infection
About Shigella
Shigella bacteria cause shigellosis, one of the most contagious and severe forms of bacterial diarrhoea. There are several types: S. sonnei (group D) and S. flexneri (group B) cause most cases, while S. dysenteriae (group A) can cause deadly outbreaks.
No one is immune, but small children are infected at the highest rate, and people with HIV get shigellosis much more often.
Symptoms
- Sudden abdominal pain or cramping
- Fever
- Blood, mucus or pus in the stool
- Crampy rectal pain
- Nausea and vomiting
- Watery diarrhoea