GC: n
S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595626 (last access: 2 December 2014), WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs125/en/ (last access: 2 December 2014).
N: 1. Shiga (Proper noun): Shiga Kiyoshi, (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo), Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which is named after him.
toxin (n): “organic poison,” especially one produced by bacteria in an animal body, 1886, from toxic (1660s, from French toxique and directly from Late Latin toxicus “poisoned,” from Latin toxicum “poison,” from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) “(poison) for use on arrows,” from toxikon, neuter of toxikos “pertaining to arrows or archery,” and thus to a bow, from toxon “bow,” probably from a Scythian word that also was borrowed into Latin as taxus “yew.”) + -in (chemical suffix, usually indicating a neutral substance, antibiotic, vitamin, or hormone).
2. The exotoxin formed by Shigella dysenteriae ; it is also produced by some strains of Escherichia coli.
3. The faculty will review the clinical presentation of Shiga-toxicity along with the epidemiology of Shiga-toxin producing organisms. Other topics will include recommended methods for specimen collection and handling, laboratory tests for detecting and identifying the organism and its toxins, and procedures for reporting positive isolates.
S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=toxin&searchmode=none (last access: 4 December 2014); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/540344/Shiga-Kiyoshi (last access: 4 December 2014); DORLAND p. 1703; DORLAND p. 1942. 2. DORLAND p. 1943. 3. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 4 December 2014).
GV: Shiga-toxin
S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 4 December 2014)
SYN: 1. Shiga bacillus. 2. verocytoxin.
S: 1. DORLAND p. 1703. 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 4 December 2014).
