SHIGELLA

Question 1

What kind of pathogen is Shigella?

Answer 1

Bacteria

Question 2

Is Shigella gram negative or gram positive?

Answer 2

Gram negative

Question 3

What would Shigella look like on a microscope slide?

Answer 3

Pink rods

Question 4

What is a strain of Shigella?

Answer 4

Shigella dysenteriae (Dysentery like symptoms)

Question 5

Is Shigella easy to transmit/spread?

Answer 5

YES, Shigella is very pathogenic

Question 6

How is Shigella spread/transmitted?

Answer 6

Person to person
-frequent in kids
-sexual transmission (men who have sex with men)
-Flies: they touch gross things and then land in your house or food :(

Question 7

What is the incubation time for Shigella?

Answer 7

1-4 days

Question 8

How would a Shigella infection present?

Answer 8

-Tenesmus (feeling like you have to poop even though your bowels are empty)
-BLOODY diarrhea, fever, cramps
-Post infection reactive arthritis

*Dysentery like syptoms

Question 9

How can a Shigella infection be diagnosed?

Answer 9

-Stool culture
-Molecular PCR

Question 10

How can a Shigella infection be treated?

Answer 10

-Fluids, rehydration
-Azithromycin
-Ciprofloxacin
-Bactrim
-Ceftriaxone