| [acute diarrhea outbreak caused by shigella flexneri at a school in madrid, cundinamarca: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the isolates]. | shigellosis is an acute diarrhoeal disease that is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. in 1997, the colombian instituto nacional de salud microbiology group organized a network surveillance program with the country's public health laboratories (phls) to monitor the principal etiological agents responsible for acute diarrhoeal disease. in may, 2001, the phl of the state of cundinamarca reported a food poisoning outbreak involving an elementary school community. the ... | 2002 | 12404927 |