Bacillary dysentery

Abstract

1. Clinical and bacteriological data are reported on twenty-nine patients with dysentery. 2. All patients recovered rapidly as a result of the administration of fluids. 3. Twenty-three of the twenty-nine patients were suffering from dysentery as a result of B. dysenteriae Sonne, three as a result of B. dysenteriae Flexner W, one as a result of B. Flexner Y and two as a result of B. Newcastle.