傳染性疾患の防遏（第2囘）—細菌性赤痢

The Control of Communicable Diseases: Bacillary Dysentery (Shigellosis)

　1．本病の認知：本病は下痢を以て急激に發病する。重症の場合には，熱發，裏急後重，血液並に粘液を混じた頻囘便通がある。輕症者は臨牀的に徴候が區々な爲め認知し難い。適當な研究室試驗を實施することに依つて通常病原體が證明出來る。

　2．病原體：Shigella属の各種菌例へばFlexner菌，Sonhe菌，志賀菌，其の他。

　1. Recognition of the disease.- The disease exhibits an acute onset with diarrhea, in severe cases causing fever, tenesmus, and frequent stools cotaining blood and mucus. The milder cases are difficult to recognize clinically because of variability of symptoms. By adequate laboratory examination the infecting organism can usually be identified.

　2. Etiologic agent.- Various species of the genus Shigella, such as Flexner, Sonne, Shiga and others.