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The changing epidemiology of bacillary dysentery and characteristics of antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolated in China from 2004–2014

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background Bacillary dysentery caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella is a significant public health problem in developing countries such as China.
Zhaorui Chang   +10 more
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Efficacy and potential of phage therapy against multidrug resistant Shigella spp. [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
Shigella-infected bacillary dysentery or commonly known as Shigellosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The gradual emergence of multidrug resistant Shigella spp.
Swee-Seong Tang   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Separation and Identification of Four New Compounds with Antibacterial Activity from Portulaca oleracea L.

open access: yesMolecules, 2015
The Portulaca oleracea L. (P. oleracea) has been used to treat bacillary dysentery for thousands of years in China. Pharmacology studies on P. oleracea have also showed its significant antibacterial effects on the enteropathogenic bacteria, which might ...
Xia Lei   +4 more
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Lag effect of humidex on bacillary dysentery and its regional heterogeneity in North China

open access: yesZhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
Objective To study the association of humidex with bacillary dysentery (BD) incidence and its regional heterogeneity in North China. Methods The daily BD incidence and meteorological data from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016 in North China were
Shu-zi WANG, Zhi-dong LIU, Qi GAO
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological analysis of respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases in three counties of Sichuan: the baseline survey of Disaster Mitigation Demonstration Area in western China [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
Background Natural disasters can indirectly induce epidemics of infectious diseases through air and water pollution, accelerated pathogen reproduction, and population migration.
Zhiqiang Xue   +18 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of Shigella sonnei: A highly drug-resistant pathogen of increasing prevalence

open access: yesVirulence, 2023
Shigella spp. are the causative agent of shigellosis (or bacillary dysentery), a diarrhoeal disease characterized for the bacterial invasion of gut epithelial cells.
Xosé M. Matanza, Abigail Clements
doaj   +1 more source

Temperature and atmospheric pressure may be considered as predictors for the occurrence of bacillary dysentery in Guangzhou, Southern China

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction The control of bacillary dysentery (BD) remains a big challenge for China. Methods Negative binomial multivariable regression was used to study relationships between meteorological variables and the occurrence of BD during the period of ...
Tiegang Li, Zhicong Yang, Ming Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Speciation and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Shigella isolates in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolar

open access: yesJournal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Shigellosis is the most important cause of bacillary dysentery. It’s a major public health problem. It is endemic in many developing countries resulting in a significant amount of mortality and morbidity.
Parimala Subramani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence.

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2019
Shigella flexneri is historically regarded as the primary agent of bacillary dysentery, yet the closely-related Shigella sonnei is replacing S. flexneri, especially in developing countries.
Vincenzo Torraca   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acquisition of a large virulence plasmid (pINV) promoted temperature-dependent virulence and global dispersal of O96:H19 enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

open access: yesmBio, 2023
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and Shigella are closely related agents of bacillary dysentery. It is widely viewed that EIEC and Shigella species evolved from E.
Sydney L. Miles   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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