title: Simultaneous infection with multiple serotypes of Shigellae in a patient.
abstract: We isolated three different serotypes of Shigella on admission from a patient with dysentery as well as a Shigella-like organism and Campylobacter jejuni upon follow-up. The patient produced serum antibodies to all three serotypes of shigellae.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salam
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qadri
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kibriya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzipori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping; D012760:Shigella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012761:Shigella boydii / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial