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MeSH Heading: Shigella dysenteriae
Tree Number(s): B03.440.450.425.850.350; B03.660.250.150.730.125
Unique ID: D012762
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012762
Annotation: 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.
Entry Term(s): Bacillus dysenteriae; Bacillus dysentericus; Bacillus shigae; Eberthella dysenteriae; Shigella shigae
See Also: Shigella Vaccines
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/02/06

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0019772
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.
Terms: Shigella dysenteriae Preferred Term
Term UI T037684
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Bacillus dysenteriae
Term UI T000968445
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Bacillus dysentericus
Term UI T000968446
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Bacillus shigae
Term UI T000968447
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Eberthella dysenteriae
Term UI T000968448
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Shigella shigae
Term UI T000968449
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Shigella dysenteriae MeSH Descriptor Data 2025