Foodborne outbreak of shigellosis caused by an unusual Shigella strain.
A family outbreak of foodborne shigellosis caused by an unusual strain of Shigella is described. The strain was a mannitol-positive variant of Shigella dysenteriae and agglutinated in antiserum prepared against provisional serotype 3341-55.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008353:Mannitol / Q000378:metabolism; D012703:Serotyping; D012760:Shigella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology
D008353:Mannitol