Shigellosis: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

shigellosis, dysentery, bacillary dysentery, diarrhea, bacterial infection, intestinal infection, Shigella organisms, Shigella boydii, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, S dysenteriae, S flexneri, S sonnei, S boydii

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Joyann A Kroser, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Joyann A Kroser, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Medical Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Philadelphia County Medical Society
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Ronnie Fass, MD, Director of GI Motility Laboratory, Tucson VA Medical Center, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Arizona School of Medicine
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