Persistent shigellosis.
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.
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Gastroenterology Unit, General Hospital, Birmingham.
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D000328:Adult; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors