A familial case of bacillary dysentery caused by a gasproducing Shigella boydii 14

The patient was a 34 year-old man returned to Japan on the 7th of October, 1980 after 3 days stay in the Philippines. After that his mushry stool of two to three times a day had persisted. In April 1981, his son complained high fever and watery stool. He was also attacked with high fever and abdominal pain one month later. Four gas-producing Shigella boydii 14 straiCase of dysentery caused by this kind of strain is the first report in Japan.zns were isolated from stool of him and his family, and strains had resistant to TC and SM. Case of dysentery caused by this kind of strain is the first report in Japan.