title: Shigella sonnei isolated from well water.
abstract: A method is described which led to the isolation of Shigella sonnei from well water suspected of being the primary foci in a school-associated shigellosis outbreak.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000209:etiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000209:etiology; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008722:Methods; D008851:Micropore Filters; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution