Infections of shigellosis are on the rise, and an increasing number of cases are caused by strains that resist treatment with common antibiotics.
infections, known as shigellosis, usually cause diarrhea that can be prolonged and bloody, as well as fever and abdominal cramps.
Of 237 patients with resistant infections that were reported during this period, more than 90 percent of them
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