Biomaterial Database

[Shigella shige as an etiological factor of bacillary dysentery]. 1977

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004405	Dysentery, Bacillary	DYSENTERY caused by gram-negative rod-shaped enteric bacteria (ENTEROBACTERIACEAE), most often by the genus SHIGELLA. Shigella dysentery, Shigellosis, is classified into subgroups according to syndrome severity and the infectious species. Group A: SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE (severest); Group B: SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; Group C: SHIGELLA BOYDII; and Group D: SHIGELLA SONNEI (mildest).	Shigellosis,Dysentery, Shiga bacillus,Dysentery, Shigella boydii,Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae,Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae type 1,Dysentery, Shigella flexneri,Dysentery, Shigella sonnei,Shigella Dysentery,Shigella Infection,Bacillary Dysentery,Dysenteries, Shigella,Dysenteries, Shigella boydii,Dysenteries, Shigella dysenteriae,Dysenteries, Shigella flexneri,Dysenteries, Shigella sonnei,Dysentery, Shigella,Infection, Shigella,Infections, Shigella,Shiga bacillus Dysentery,Shigella Dysenteries,Shigella Infections,Shigella boydii Dysenteries,Shigella boydii Dysentery,Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries,Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery,Shigella flexneri Dysenteries,Shigella flexneri Dysentery,Shigella sonnei Dysenteries,Shigella sonnei Dysentery
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012762	Shigella dysenteriae	A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that is extremely pathogenic and causes severe dysentery. Infection with this organism often leads to ulceration of the intestinal epithelium.	Bacillus dysenteriae,Bacillus dysentericus,Bacillus shigae,Eberthella dysenteriae,Shigella shigae