Abstract
A new born baby was admitted to the Glocal hospital, Krishnanagore, and presented with loose stools mixed with blood and mucous and abdominal distension for last five days. The baby was crying all through the day; presumably, he had severe tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete sense of defecation with rectal pain). He was diagnosed, clinically, to be suffering from shigellosis, which was confirmed by isolation of Shigella spp; by stool culture. The baby recovered with antibiotic treatment. It is an uncommon case of shigellosis in new born babies. Hand washing practices are recommended to prevent transmission of shigellosis and other diseases as well. Shigellae vaccines are attractive disease prevention strategy. Shigellosis caused by S. flexneri type 2 and S. dysenteria type 1 are the two most common and important serotype candidates against which vaccine development are currently being directed.
Highlights
Shigellosis is a serious public health problem in the under developed countries
We report an unusual and rare case of shigellosis affecting a new born baby
A new born baby was admitted to the Glocal hospital with loose stools, mucous and abdominal distension for five days
Summary
Shigellosis is a serious public health problem in the under developed countries. Shigellosis is characterized by fever with chills, frequent loose stools mixed with blood and mucous, abdominal cramps and tenesmus (a sense of incomplete defecation with rectal pain) [1-3]. S. dysenteriae type 1 is a multi-drug resistant strain and notorious for causing severe epidemic dysentery and even pandemics (epidemic worldwide) [6-9]. It is well known to cause severe epidemics worldwide (pandemic) Often, it is confused with amoebic dysentery. As major epidemics are usually caused by S. dysenteriae type 1, this is often multidrug resistant and poses a tremendous therapeutic challenge to the treating clinicians. The disease usually affects children as well as adults, spares generally the newborns since they are unlikely to come into contact with apparent cases or those who are excreting the bacteria. In this communication, we report an unusual and rare case of shigellosis affecting a new born baby
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