Bacillary dysentery
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Broader Terms
Enterobacteriaceae disease, gastrointestinal infection
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Related Terms
Escherichia coli 0157:H7, Shigella
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Scope Note
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.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Bacillary dysentery is mostly an acute infection triggered by ingestion of the Shigella bacillus through contaminated food or water.
- Bacillary dysentery is most common in the UK and is caused by a bacterium called Shigella, of which there are four species.
- Bacillary dysentery is primarily a human disease often acquired by drinking water contaminated with human faeces or by eating food washed with contaminated water.
- Aetiologically, it is divisible into two main categories: Amoebic dysentery Bacillary dysentery Bacillary dysentery is mainly caused by members of the genus Shigella while amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamoeba histolytica.
- What are the four different species of Shigella which causes bacillary dysentery? Bacillary dysentery is caused by four species of the Genus Shigella.
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