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| − | '''Shigellosis''' is any condition caused by infection with organisms of the genus [[Shigella]], such as bacillary [[dysentery]].<ref>http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_s_10zPzhtm</ref> Shigellosis produces intestinal pain and diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.<ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> Shigellosis is particularly common in tropical countries, but frequently occurs in other places as well. Shigellosis is particularly hazardous for individuals with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> | + | [[Image:Gech 0001 0004 0 img0247.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|[[Shigella]] [[bacteria]] cause [[shigellosis]]]]'''Shigellosis''' is any condition caused by infection with organisms of the genus [[Shigella]], such as bacillary [[dysentery]].<ref>http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_s_10zPzhtm</ref> Shigellosis produces intestinal pain and diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.<ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> Shigellosis is particularly common in tropical countries, but frequently occurs in other places as well. Shigellosis is particularly hazardous for individuals with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> |
==Homosexuality and Shigellosis== | ==Homosexuality and Shigellosis== | ||
In 2007 the journal ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' reported the following in a article entitled ''Another Perfect Storm: Shigella, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and HIV'': | In 2007 the journal ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' reported the following in a article entitled ''Another Perfect Storm: Shigella, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and HIV'': | ||
Revision as of 03:15, October 11, 2007
Shigellosis is any condition caused by infection with organisms of the genus Shigella, such as bacillary dysentery.[1] Shigellosis produces intestinal pain and diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.[2] Shigellosis is particularly common in tropical countries, but frequently occurs in other places as well. Shigellosis is particularly hazardous for individuals with AIDS or other immunodeficiency states. [3]
Homosexuality and Shigellosis
In 2007 the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases reported the following in a article entitled Another Perfect Storm: Shigella, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and HIV:
| “ | In the mid-1970s, outbreaks of Shigella infection among adults in New York and San Francisco raised the possibility that Shigella species may be sexually transmitted, with most infections occurring in men who have sex with men (MSM). Since these early observations, Shigella infection appears to be more frequent among MSM than among other adult populations...[4] | ” |
Shigellosis is one of the maladies of gay bowel syndrome.