Culture-positive shigellosis cases are epidemiologically different to culture-negative/PCR-positive cases.

CONCLUSIONS: This study has identified that culture-positive vs. culture-negative/PCR-positive shigellosis cases in NSW differ by clinical severity and risk factors for infection. Implications for public health: The study findings warrant further research to determine the true diagnostic prevalence of Shigella in the culture-negative/PCR-positive group in the Australian context, in order to inform further changes to the national case definition for shigellosis. PMID: 30516310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research