TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ali, Munim R. 
AU  - Hasan, Raad N. 
AU  - Mohammed, Ali I. 
AU  - Abbas, Ahmaed A. 
PY  - 2010
TI  - Profiling and Curing from Shigella Spp Isolated from Plasmid Diarrheal Patients
JF  - Current Research in Microbiology
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajmsp.2010.1.8
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajmsp.2010.1.8
AB  - Problem statement: Shigellosis is a common infectious disease especially in
underdeveloped countries. The bacteria are primarily transmitted through the faecal-oral route. The
inflammatory process of acute Shigella infection affects the colon and is characterized clinically by
fever, cramping abdominal pain with frequent loose stools that might contain mucus, pus and blood.
Approach: This study determined the susceptibility of Shigella isolates to antibiotics. Afterward,
plasmid isolation from pathogenic Shigella will carried out to achieved information concerning to the
presence of plasmid DNA in Shigella isolates. Plasmid curing will be done to seek correlation between
resistance to antibiotics and plasmid occurrence in Shigella. Results: We found that the incidence of
diarrhea in male is almost similar to female. The distribution of Shigella spp., in male more than in
female represented 54.54 and 45.46% respectively. Conclusion: Approximately 89.5% of the diarrhea
cases had no bacterial pathogen, suggested of probability of viral infection.