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Shigellosis is a self-limiting infection resulting in colonic epithelial lesions found in most patients, which is a consequence of innate and adaptive immune responses to infection. A hallmark of dysentery is small volume, bloody, mucoidal stools with a high number of neutrophils. Infection can also cause watery diarrhea, dehydration and contribute to malnutrition in endemic populations
