- Title
- Shigellosis : A truly neglected disease in Papua New Guinea
- Creator
- Malau, Elisheba; Mosse, Jenny; Horwood, Paul; Greenhill, Andrew
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166469
- Identifier
- vital:13447
- Identifier
- ISBN:0031-1480
- Abstract
- Diarrhoeal diseases still affect many people, especially children living in impoverished and under-developed settings. In Papua New Guinea (PNG) diarrhoea remains one of the leading causes of hospitalization and a major cause of death. Here, we focus on the role of Shigella in diarrhoeal illness in PNG, and provide an overview of the causative organism and the illness. A review of the available data on the aetiology of diarrhoea in PNG suggests that shigellosis is a major cause of diarrhoeal illness. Since shigellosis can cause protracted and life-threatening illness an appreciation of the burden of shigellosis is important to aid in the development of optimal prevention and control strategies. Treatment strategies for all cases of moderate-severe diarrhoeal illness should centre on rehydration, but where antimicrobial treatment is required consideration should be given to the increasing antimicrobial resistance observed in Shigella isolates in PNG.
- Publisher
- Papua New Guinea. Dept. of Public Health
- Relation
- Papua New Guinea Medical Journal Vol. 59, no. 3/4 (2016), p. 147-154
- Rights
- Copyright © 2016
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences; Shigellosis; Diseases; Diarrhea; Infection; Epidemiology; Papua New Guinea
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