Shiga, Kiyoshi

Claire EJ Herrick, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002912

1870–1957 Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the causal organism of bacillary dysentery.

Keywords: Kitasato; dysentery; Shigella; Ehrlich; chemotherapy

 Further Reading
    book Shiga K (1907) "Bacillary dysentery". In: Osler W (ed.) Modern Medicine. Its Theory and Practice, vol. 2, pp. 781–800. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers.
    book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.), vol. 7, p. 392, vol. 4, pp. 298, 299. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Obituary (1957) British Medical Journal i: 290–291.
    Obituary (1957) Lancet i: 744.

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Herrick, Claire EJ(Apr 2001) Shiga, Kiyoshi. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002912]