Diagnostic Tests for Shigellosis
Tests and diagnosis discussion for Shigellosis:
Many different kinds of diseases
can cause diarrhea and bloody diarrhea, and the treatment depends
on which germ is causing the diarrhea. Determining that Shigella
is the cause of the illness depends on laboratory tests that identify
Shigella in the stools of an infected person. These tests
are sometimes not performed unless the laboratory is instructed
specifically to look for the organism. The laboratory can also
do special tests to tell which type of Shigella the person
has and which antibiotics, if any, would be best to treat it.
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Shigellosis (General): DBMD
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