Bacillary dysentery

Introduction: Bacillary dysentery

Description of Bacillary dysentery

Bacillary dysentery (medical condition): An infectious disease which affects the intestinal tract...more »

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Shigellosis:
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Bacillary dysentery: an acute infection of the intestine by Shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Bacillary dysentery: dysentary caused by gram negative rod shaped enteric bacteria, most often by the genus Shigella; Shigella dysentery, Shigellosis, is classified into subgroups according to syndrome severity and the infectious species.
Source: Diseases Database

Bacillary dysentery: dysentary caused by gram negative rod shaped enteric bacteria, most often by the genus Shigella; Shigella dysentery, Shigellosis, is classified into subgroups according to syndrome severity and the infectious species.
Source: CRISP

Bacillary dysentery: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Bacillary dysentery:

• Dysentery (20 causes)
• Infection (1293 causes)
• Infection symptoms (1293 causes)
• Shigella

Bacillary dysentery as a Disease

Bacillary dysentery: Another name for Shigellosis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Shigellosis
  »Symptoms of Shigellosis

Bacillary dysentery: Related Diseases

Bacillary dysentery: Bacillary dysentery is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Bacterial diseases
• Dysentery
• Digestive Diseases
• Gastroenteritis
• Sudden Digestive Conditions
• Food poisoning
• Intestinal Conditions
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Food-related conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Abdominal conditions

Causes of Bacillary dysentery

Some of the causes of Bacillary dysentery are included in the list below:

• Shigella boydii
• Shigella dysenteriae
• Shigella flexneri
• Shigella sonnei

Read more about causes of Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis)

Symptoms of Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis)

Some of the symptoms of Bacillary dysentery incude:

• Bloody diarrhea
• Fever
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal cramps

See full list of 15 symptoms of Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis)

Bacillary dysentery: Article Excerpts about Shigellosis

Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella.... (Source: excerpt from Shigellosis (General): DBMD)

Bacillary dysentery: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Bacillary dysentery:

• shigellosis
• dysentery
• bacillary dysentery
• diarrhea
• bacterial infection
• intestinal infection
• Shigella organisms
• Shigella boydii
• Shigella dysenteriae
• Shigella sonnei
• Shigella flexneri
• S dysenteriae
• S flexneri
• S sonnei
• S boydii

Terms associated with Bacillary dysentery:

Terms Similar to Bacillary dysentery:

• Shigellosis

Source: Diseases Database

• shigellosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Bacillary dysentery

• Enterobacteriaceae disease
• gastrointestinal infection

Source - CRISP

• dysentery

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Bacillary dysentery can be used for:

• shigellosis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Bacillary dysentery:

• Escherichia coli 0157:H7
• Shigella

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Bacillary dysentery

The following list attempts to classify Bacillary dysentery into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• dysentery
• infectious disease
• communicable disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Bacillary dysentery

• eMedicine - Shigella Infection : Article by Walid Abuhammour, MD, FAAP
• eMedicine - Shigellosis : Article by Joyann A Kroser, MD
• Shigella (www.whonamedit.com)
• US FDA/CFSAN - Bad Bug Book - Shigella spp.

Source: Diseases Database

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