A critical examination of the organism described asBacillus wakefield
- 15 May 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 44 (5), 346-347
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400019148
Abstract
The organisms described as Bacillus wakefield and considered to be members of the Flexner group are not dysentery bacilli. They are paracolon bacilli containing α-antigen.Keywords
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