Pneumonia Caused by Shigella sonnei in Man Returned from India

Full story: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author affiliations: National Public Health Institute, Rome, Italy ; and Presidio Ospedaliero, Treviso, Italy To the Editor: Shigellosis is a cause of infectious dysentery frequently occurring in developing countries yet usually associated with diarrhea in travelers from regions where Shigella infections are endemic.

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