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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms may range from mild abdominal discomfort to full-blown dysentery characterized by cramps, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, blood, pus, or mucus in stools or tenesmus[1]. Onset time is 12 to 50 hours.
In some persons, especially young children and the elderly, the diarrhea can be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. A severe infection with high fever may also be associated with seizures in children less than 2 years old. Some persons who are infected may have no symptoms at all, but may still pass the Shigella bacteria to others.
Symptoms
- Symptoms
- Constitutional symptoms often precede diarrhea
- Small volume diarrhea (dehydration is unusual)
References
- ↑ Merck Manuals Online Edition: Shigellosis