Infection · UKMLA & AKT
Shigella gastroenteritis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Shigellosis is bacterial dysentery caused by Gram-negative Shigella spp., transmitted faecal-orally. Remarkable for an extremely low infectious dose (10-100 organisms), making person-to-person spread highly efficient.
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