Newspath November 2013 - Shigellosis: Past, Present, and Future

In 1898, a young microbiologist named Dr. Kiyoshi Shiga1 isolated a gram-positive bacillus from patients suffering from sekiri, or "red diarrhea." That organism, now known as Shigella, is responsible for an estimated 1.1 million deaths a year worldwide.
Source: NewsPath - Pathology News for the Medical Community - Category: Pathology Source Type: news