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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Shigella > Shigella dysenteriae
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Shigella > Shigella dysenteriae

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Shigella dysenteriae  

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Entry terms

  • Bacillus dysenteriae
  • Bacillus dysentericus
  • Bacillus shigae
  • Eberthella dysenteriae
  • Shigella shigae

Note

  • infection: coord IM with DYSENTERY, BACILLARY (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

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