uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Shigellosis Microbiology

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ModerateEnteric Infections & Diarrhoeal DiseaseShigellosis Microbiologyuk-dtmh

A 28-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea, fever, and abdominal cramps 3 days after eating at a street food vendor in Delhi. Stool microscopy shows numerous red blood cells and white blood cells. Stool culture grows a Gram-negative non-motile rod that is non-lactose fermenting and has no H₂S production on XLD agar. What is the most likely organism?

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