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Dysentery, Bacillary

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Definition: DYSENTERY caused by gram-negative rod-shaped enteric bacteria (ENTEROBACTERIACEAE), most often by the genus SHIGELLA. Shigella dysentery, Shigellosis, is classified into subgroups according to syndrome severity and the infectious species. Group A: SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE (severest); Group B: SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; Group C: SHIGELLA BOYDII; and Group D: SHIGELLA SONNEI (mildest).  coord IM with specific organism (IM) if pertinent    Other names Shigellosis; sonnei Dysentery, Shigella; sonnei Dysenteries, Shigella; flexneri Dysentery, Shigella; flexneri Dysenteries, Shigella; dysenteriae Dysentery, Shigella; dysenteriae Dysenteries, Shigella; boydii Dysentery, Shigella; boydii Dysenteries, Shigella; Shigella sonnei Dysentery; Shigella sonnei Dysenteries; Shigella flexneri Dysentery; Shigella flexneri Dysenteries; Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery; Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries; Shigella boydii Dysentery; Shigella boydii Dysenteries; Shigella Dysenteries; Shiga bacillus Dysentery; Dysentery, Shigella

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