Shigella sonnei utilises colicins during inter-bacterial competition. [PDF]
Microbiology (Reading)International audienceThe mammalian colon is one of the most densely populated habitats currently recognised, with 10 11 –10 13 commensal bacteria per gram of colonic contents.
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Identification of Shigella sonnei biotype g isolates carrying class 2 integrons in Italy in 2001-2003 [PDF]
, 2005 Phenotyping and genotyping have been carried out on 64 epidemic and sporadic isolates of Shigella sonnei identified in Italy in the years 2001 to 2003. Class 2 integron carriage has been also investigated.
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A cohort study to define the age-specific incidence and risk factors of Shigella diarrhoeal infections in Vietnamese children: a study protocol. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Shigella spp. are one of the most common causes of paediatric dysentery globally, responsible for a substantial proportion of diarrhoeal disease morbidity and mortality, particularly in industrialising regions.
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Genotypic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Shigella Species isolated from different sources at Kaliobia governorate [PDF]
Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2023 The current investigation focused on 13 Shigella isolates. These isolates were derived from 260 randomly sampled specimens including beef, chicken meat, cow's milk, and diarrheic child stool (with 65 samples each). The samples were collected from diverse
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PLoS ONE, 2021 IntroductionShigellosis, is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea and related mortality in young children in low and middle income countries (LMICs).
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Evaluation of a Live Attenuated S. sonnei Vaccine Strain in the Human Enteroid Model
Pathogens, 2021 Shigella is a leading cause of bacillary dysentery worldwide, responsible for high death rates especially among children under five in low–middle income countries.
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Impact of insertion sequences on convergent evolution of Shigella species.
PLoS Genetics, 2020 Shigella species are specialised lineages of Escherichia coli that have converged to become human-adapted and cause dysentery by invading human gut epithelial cells.
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Mecillinam activity against multidrug-resistant <i>Shigella sonnei</i> and <i>Shigella flexneri</i>. [PDF]
Microbiol SpectrWe performed phenotypic susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing to investigate in vitro mecillinam activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Shigella.
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Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 10, 2 March 2026.Created in BioRender. Bohg, C. (2026) https://BioRender.Com/ vi9hi4f. Rhomboid proteases are a mechanistically unique and evolutionarily conserved protein family. Despite their pharmacological relevance, the development of selective inhibitors has lagged behind that of soluble proteases.
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Establishment of a Controlled Human Infection Model with a Lyophilized Strain of
mSphere, 2020 Controlled human infection models (CHIMs) are useful for vaccine development. To improve on existing models, we developed a CHIM using a lyophilized preparation of Shigella sonnei strain 53G produced using current good manufacturing practice (cGMP ...
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