Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch – Columbus and Franklin County health officials are warning day-care providers to take precautions against spreading a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and can be especially harmful to people with weak immune systems.
Shigella cases are on the increase in the county, especially in the city, and most have
Since May, the Douglas County Health Department has investigated 50 confirmed cases of Shigella sonnei (shigellosis) infection, including four that involved hospitalizations. In eight of the nine previous years, Douglas County reported 31 or fewer cases.
Symptoms of shigellosis can range from loose, watery stools with no other symptoms to bloody diarrhea with fever
