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On the occurrence of dysentery-like organisms in the urinary tract of man in Mauritius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. Lewis Webb
J. Lewis Webb
Affiliation:
Bacteriological Laboratory, Medical and Health Department, Reduit, Mauritius
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1. Organisms biochemically resembling the metadysentery bacilli of Castellani (1927) or sensu largo B. coli anaerogenes of Lembke (1896) have been recovered locally from the urinary passages of man.

2. These organisms were found in cases of enteric-like fevers, pyelitis and cystitis.

3. Similar to Dudgeon's slow lactose-fermenting bacilli of the urinary tract, they have been shown to possess marked haemolytic action for red blood corpuscles.

4. Serologically, they appear to fall into at least two groups of bacilli.

5. They are believed to be pathogenic.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1937 , pp. 307 - 314
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1937

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