Dr Kiyoshi Shiga (1871-1957) was the first to identify the causative agent during a massive epidemic of dysentery in Tokyo in 1897.
Shigellosis, also known as bacterial dysentery, is caused by a group of pathogens that cause significantly more severe damage, particularly affecting the colon, than GI pathogens we are familiar with in our part of the world. In Germany, the list is topped by Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogen usually transmitted via food. This is followed by bacteria in the Salmonella genus and noroviruses, in particular during the winter months.
Taken from MT im Dialog 02/2024, translated by mt g medical translation GmbH & Co KG
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