See Also: Shiga-Kruse bacillus(medicine)
Shiga bacillus(medicine)
Kruse, Walther(medicine)
Kruse's brush(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Shiga(dictionary)
Shiga(tourism)
Shiga hotels(tourism)
Shiga, Kiyoshi(medicine)
Shiga like toxin(medicine)

Shiga-Kruse bacillus (medicine)


Shiga-Kruse bacillus -->
shigella dysenteriae


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.