Shigellosis in Thai children: epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory features.

Two hundred thirty cases of shigellosis in children managed at Chulalongkorn Hospital from 1984 to 1988 were reviewed. The most common presentation included diarrhea, most frequently with mucus and blood, and fever. There were no deaths. The most common species was Shigella flexneri (83.5%) which showed increasing resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.