"Shigella flexneri" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A bacterium which is one of the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY) and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis.
| Descriptor ID |
D012763
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.850.450 B03.660.250.150.730.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shigella flexneri" by people in Profiles.
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A large, multiple-restaurant outbreak of infection with Shigella flexneri serotype 2a traced to tomatoes. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jan 15; 42(2):163-9.