title: Persistent shigellosis.
abstract: Shigella usually causes a self-limited infection which untreated lasts on average seven days (range one to 30 days). We report a patient who had persistent symptoms for 10 months caused by Shigella flexneri which was finally identified on cultures from a rectal swab.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, General Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Allan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors