Cases of the virus are abnormally high this year, according to health experts, and are especially dangerous for children.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report that showed that drug-resistant Shigella is ...

Cases of drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing in the United States in a trend that the Centers for Disease ...

Here's a look at how to prevent drug-resistant shigella, a type of bacteria that causes shigellosis, a diarrheal infection.

We’re flush with drugs — but they’ve lost their edge. An antibiotic-resistant superbug responsible for bad diarrhea and fever ...

A drug-resistant infection, XDR Shigella, is surging among adult men, sending one-third of its victims to the hospital. (CDC ...

Shigella bacteria are increasingly resisting all antibiotics that can easily treat them, a recent report shows.

Summer heat and humidity increase cases of acute gastroenteritis due to faster microbial growth in food and water, causing ...

August 18, 2009 — Kefir, a fermented milk product similar to yogurt but containing different fermentation microbes, may not prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to the results of a double ...