Dissociation and phagolytic characteristics of the Shigella isolated from patients with various clinical forms of dysentery

The relationship between the severity of the disease and the phagolysis of the isolated cultures of S. flexneri and S. sonnei has been established. In the moderately severe form of the disease the duration of the latent period of the development of the phage has been found to increase in comparison with that in the mild form of the disease.