Shigella boydii - ț̢
One of the SHIGELLA species that produces bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
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Shigella dysenteriae - ț̢
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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Shigella flexneri - ț̢
A bacterium which is one of the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY) and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis.
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Shigella sonnei - ț̢
A lactose-fermenting bacterium causing dysentery.
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Shigella Vaccines - ț̢
Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY) caused by species of SHIGELLA.