Shigella boydii


Shi·gel·la boy·di·i

a species found only in feces of symptomatic individuals; occurs in a low proportion of cases of bacillary dysentery.

Shi·gel·la boy·di·i

(shē-gel'lă boyd'ē-ī) A bacterial species found only in feces of symptomatic individuals; occurs in a low proportion of cases of bacillary dysentery.

Shigella boydii

A species that causes acute diarrhea in humans.See also: Shigella

Shiga,

Kiyoshi, Japanese bacteriologist, 1870-1957. Shigella boydii - a species found in feces of symptomatic individuals.Shigella dysenteriae - a species causing dysentery in humans and in monkeys. Synonym(s): Shiga bacillus; Shiga-Kruse bacillusShigella flexneri - a species found in the feces of symptomatic individuals and of convalescents or carriers; the most common cause of dysentery epidemics and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis. Synonym(s): Flexner bacillus; paradysentery bacillusShigella sonnei - a species causing mild dysentery and also summer diarrhea in children. Synonym(s): Sonne bacillusShigella - a genus of nonmotile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae), all of whose species produce dysentery.Shiga bacillus - Synonym(s): Shigella dysenteriaeShiga-Kruse bacillus - Synonym(s): Shigella dysenteriaeshigellosis - bacillary dysentery caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella.