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| Photomicrograph ofShigella sp. in a stool specimen | |
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| Genus: | Shigella Castellani & Chalmers 1919 |
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Shigella is agenus ofbacterium. It belongs to a small group ofpathogens (includingE. coli andSalmonella) that can infect the gut after the ingestion of relatively feworganisms. The bacteria can cause sudden and severediarrhea in humans.
