Three species are associated with bacillary dysentery : " Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri " and " Shigella dysenteriae ".
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He performed extensive studies of " Shigella dysenteriae " during an epidemic of dysentery in the Ruhr area of Germany.
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Their quarry is known as Shiga toxin, after Kiyoshi Shiga, who in 1898 first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.
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In 1977, researchers in Ottawa, Ontario discovered the Shiga toxin normally produced by " Shigella dysenteriae " in a line of " E . coli ".
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Shiga toxin is an infectious disease caused by the rod shaped " Shigella dysenteriae " as well as " Escherichia coli " ( STEC ), and is also known as Stx.
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Certain Shiga toxin-secreting strains of " Shigella dysenteriae " can also cause HUS . Approximately 5 % of cases are classified as pneumococcal HUS, which results from infection by " Streptococcus pneumoniae ", the agent that causes traditional lobar pneumonia.
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Enterohemorrhagic colitis may be caused by Shiga toxin in " Shigella dysenteriae " or " Shigatoxigenic group " of " Escherichia coli " ( STEC ), which includes serotype O157 : H7 and other enterohemorrhagic " E . coli ".
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