As well as being faced with the need to protect against multiple serotypes (16 in this case), the development of a comprehensive Shigella vaccine poses additional challenges, as discussed in the ...

Researchers have tracked down a worrying new strain of Shigella bacteria in the area—one that can resist almost every antibiotic thrown at it. Scientists at the University of California ...

An 'alarming' drug-resistant superbug is spreading across major US cities, doctors warn. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles identified three cases of shigella in the city ...

Stool cultures revealed that all three were infected with Shigella sonnei, a strain of Shigella bacteria that is resistant to five of the antibiotic classes most commonly prescribed for such ...

Shigellosis, a form of bacterial dysentery caused by Shigella bacteria, is the second leading cause of fatal diarrhoeal disease worldwide, but at the moment there is no approved shot for the ...

More than half of the cases are among people experiencing homelessness. Shigellosis, caused by the Shigella bacterium, causes diarrhea, fever and stomach pain. It spreads through contact with an ...