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  1. Kiyoshi Shiga (志賀 潔, Shiga Kiyoshi, February 7, 1871 – January 25, 1957) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He had a well-rounded education and career that led to many scientific discoveries.

  2. Shiga Kiyoshi (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo) was a Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which is named after him. Shiga graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1896.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Nov 1, 1999 · Learn about the life and work of Dr. Kiyoshi Shiga, who identified the bacterium that causes dysentery in 1897. Read how he used Koch's postulates and serological tests to prove the bacterial etiology of nonamebic dysentery.

    • Andrew F. Trofa, Hannah Ueno-Olsen, Ruiko Oiwa, Masanosuke Yoshikawa
    • 1999
  4. Our story of the bacterium starts just before the identification of the dysentery bacillus by Kiyoshi Shiga in 1898 and follows the scientific discoveries and principal scientists who contributed to the elucidation of Shigella pathogenesis in the first 100 years.

    • Keith A. Lampel, Samuel B. Formal, Anthony T. Maurelli
    • 10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0006-2017
    • 2018
    • 2018/01
  5. Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957) was born in Sendai, Japan. His innate family boasted 4 generations of physicians. After graduation from the Tokyo Imperial University in 1896, he was appointed assistant at the Tokyo Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

  6. Kiyoshi Shiga (1870-1957) Kiyoshi Shiga was born in 1870 in Sendai and studied at the Imperial University in Tokyo where in 1894, two years before receiving his doctorate, he was made an assistant to Kitasato at the Institute for Infectious Diseases.

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  8. Description. Bacteriologist. In 1896, he graduated from the Medical College of the Imperial University and was mentored by Kitasato Shibasaburo at an institute for studying infectious diseases. He discovered Shigella dysenteriae as the pathogen for bacillary dysentery in 1898.