Shigella

Question 1

Main symptoms

Answer 1

diarrhoea (bloody)
abdominal pain

Question 2

Name some types of shigella and their severity

Answer 2

S sonnei from UK (mild)

S. flexneri or S. dysenteriae from abroad (severe)

Question 3

Management of shigella

Answer 3

• usually self-limiting and does not require antibiotic treatment

Antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) for:
- severe disease
- immunocompromised
- bloody diarrhoea