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On the etiology of tropical dysentery.
Johns Hopk. Hosp. Bull., 11, 231-42. 1900.
The organism isolated by Flexner was at first thought to be identical with Shiga’s bacillus. Later Martini and Lentz, Z. Hyg., 1902, 41, 540, showed it to be different; it was named Bact. flexneri, and later Shigella flexneri.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #5093 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6006 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | on-the-etiology-of-tropical-dysentery |