Prognosis of Shigellosis

Shigellosis: Duration statistics

Duration of Shigellosis: Shigellosis usually resolves in 5 to 7 days. (Source: excerpt from Shigellosis (General): DBMD)

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Shigellosis: 10 reported deaths in USA 1999 for shigellosis and amebiasis (NVSR Sep 2001)

Estimated mortality rate for Shigellosis from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 10 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 10 reported deaths in USA 1999 for shigellosis and amebiasis (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 17,521 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 17,521 annual cases of shigellosis notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
• 0.057% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Shigellosis and Overview of Shigellosis.

Complications:

Complications of Shigellosis may include:

• Hemolytic uremic syndrome
• more complications...»

Complications of Shigellosis from the Diseases Database include:

• Reiter's syndrome
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Abdominal pain
• Colitis
• Proctitis
• more complications...»

See also complications of Shigellosis.

Shigellosis: Research More

• Shigellosis: Introduction
• Deaths: Shigellosis
• Symptoms: Shigellosis
• Complications: Shigellosis

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Shigellosis usually refers to the likely outcome of Shigellosis. The prognosis of Shigellosis may include the duration of Shigellosis, chances of complications of Shigellosis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Shigellosis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Shigellosis. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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