Dysentery

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971 relevant articles (41 outcomes, 92 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Acute inflammation of the intestine associated with infectious DIARRHEA of various etiologies, generally acquired by eating contaminated food containing TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL derived from BACTERIA; PROTOZOA; or other microorganisms. Dysentery is characterized initially by watery FECES then by bloody mucoid stools. It is often associated with ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and DEHYDRATION.

Also Known As:

Infectious Diarrheal Disease; Diarrheal Disease, Infectious; Infectious Diarrheal Diseases

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Disease Context: Research Results

Digestive System Diseases: 29

Gastrointestinal Diseases: 1159

Gastroenteritis: 1701

Dysentery: 971

Bacillary Dysentery: 630

Amebic Dysentery: 439

Intestinal Diseases: 580

Dysentery: 971

Bacillary Dysentery: 630

Amebic Dysentery: 439

Related Diseases

1.	Diarrhea
2.	Infection
3.	Amebic Dysentery (Amoebic Dysentery)
4.	Pyelonephritis
5.	Cholera

Experts

1.	Essén-Gustavsson, Birgitta: 1 article (01/2008)
2.	Jensen-Waern, Marianne: 1 article (01/2008)
3.	Fossum, Caroline: 1 article (01/2008)
4.	Kruse, Robert: 1 article (01/2008)
5.	Jonasson, R: 1 article (06/2007)
6.	Jensen-Waern, M: 1 article (06/2007)
7.	Essén-Gustavsson, B: 1 article (06/2007)
8.	Roepstorff, Allan: 1 article (01/2007)
9.	Jensen, Tim K: 1 article (01/2007)
10.	Thomsen, Lisbeth E: 1 article (01/2007)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Dysentery:

1.	CarbadoxIBA 03/01/1973 - "Therapeutic efficacy of carbadox in field outbreaks of swine dysentery." 01/01/1987 - "Studies on the efficacy of Getroxel against Treponema hyodysenteriae and its role in the control of swine dysentery." 02/01/1973 - "Efficacy of carbadox in prevention of field outbreaks of swine dysentery." 08/15/1990 - "Carbadox is a potentially effective prophylactic feed additive for the prevention of swine dysentery, but is mostly used in high dosages which are almost toxic for the animals, and used during unnecessary prolonged periods" 01/01/1988 - "The carbadox levels encountered in the proximal part of the gut (stomach, duodenum) however, seem to indicate that in-feed administration of 50 ppm carbadox can provide an effective prophylaxis against Treponema hyodysenteriae, a causative agent in swine dysentery" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	RonidazoleIBA 12/04/1976 - "Ronidazole was found to be effective in the treatment of swine dysentery and appeared to eliminate the causal agent, T hyodysenteriae, from treated affected pigs when given in the drinking water at 30 and 60 ppm for three days and in the feed at 120 ppm for four days" 07/01/1976 - "The addition of ronidazole to the drinking water at the concentration of 0.003% was effective for the treatment of experimentally induced swine dysentery in swine" 07/01/1976 - "Ronidazole administered in the drinking water at concentrations of 0.012, 0.006, and 0.003% was effective for the treatment of swine dysentery" 01/01/1985 - "Albino rats were used to study some remote side effects (total reproduction, embryotoxicity, and teratogenic action) of the Bulgaria Ronidazol-Pharmachim preparation, analogous to the one produced by the firm MS & D--USA (Ridzol 10 per cent water-soluble powder) used in veterinary practice as a prophylactic and therapeutic agent in the case of swine dysentery and turkey blackhead" 03/01/1977 - "Clinical field evaluation of ronidazole for the treatment of swine dysentery." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	AntigensIBA 04/01/2000 - "These results indicate that CL antigen with high HA titer induces antibody production in cattle that provides effective protection against winter dysentery." 12/01/1988 - "The detection of Shigella antigens in feces in accordance with the results of the passive hemagglutination test is more effective than the bacteriological method for finding out persons infected with Shigella, especially in the absence of pronounced clinical manifestations of dysentery, and can be used in the study of the mechanism of the epidemic process" 10/01/2002 - "Field study of bovine coronavirus vaccine enriched with hemagglutinating antigen for winter dysentery in dairy cows." 04/01/2000 - "Protection studies on winter dysentery caused by bovine coronavirus in cattle using antigens prepared from infected cell lysates." 10/01/1997 - "In this study, amplification of the invasion plasmid antigen H (ipaH) gene by PCR and standard culture methods was used to identify Shigella species or EIEC among 154 patients with dysentery, 154 age-matched controls, and family contacts in Thailand" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	VaccinesIBA 07/01/1983 - "Comparative immunomorphological study of the immunogenic activity of dysentery vaccines produced by different methods]" 01/01/1981 - "Study of enteric dysentery vaccines and their efficacy on a rabbit intestinal loop model" 10/01/1963 - "STUDY ON DYSENTERY VACCINES.]" 03/01/1949 - "Studies in dysentery vaccination; primary vaccination of children with polyvalent vaccines of Shigella." 10/01/1948 - "Studies in dysentery vaccination; primary vaccination of children with monovalent vaccines of Shigella." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	tiamulinIBA 03/13/1982 - "Tiamulin at 30 ppm was shown to be highly effective in preventing the clinical signs of dysentery" 06/21/1980 - "Tiamulin was found to be effective in the treatment of experimental swine dysentery when included in the drinking water at 22.5, 45 and 60 ppm for three and five days" 10/31/1987 - "It was concluded that tiamulin was suitable for inclusion in the swine dysentery eradication programme in the GDR." 10/31/1987 - "Swine dysentery control in the German Democratic Republic and the suitability of injections of tiamulin for the programme." 05/15/1986 - "Tiamulin in drinking water for treatment and development of immunity to swine dysentery." Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Lincomycin (Lincocin)FDA Link 07/01/1978 - "All concentrations of lincomycin were effective for the treatment of swine dysentery by oral or by contact exposure" 07/01/1978 - "Three experimental studies were conducted in 232 growing pigs (8 to 12 weeks old) to evaluate the therapeutic effects of various concentrations of lincomycin in drinking water, against swine dysentery experimentally transmitted, by oral inoculation or by contact-commingling exposure" 02/01/1981 - "Therapeutic effects of parenteral administration of lincomycin on experimentally transmitted swine dysentery." 10/01/1979 - "Lincomycin levels for treatment of swine dysentery." 07/01/1978 - "The suggested optimal concentration was 33 mg of lincomycin/L of drinking water for the treatment of swine dysentery." Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Formaldehyde (Formol)IBA 09/01/1977 - "The role of serum antitoxic antibody in protection against the dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Shiga's bacillus) was studied in monkeys fed 10(10) virulent organisms after parenteral immunization with a formalin-inactivated Shiga toxoid preparation standardized in mice" 06/01/1943 - "Improved Technic for Isolation of Dysentery Bacteria from Stools by Formaldehyde Inactivation of Bacteriophage." 10/01/1998 - "pilosicoli in formalin-fixed colon tissue sections from pigs suffering from swine dysentery and porcine colonic spirochaetosis, respectively" 10/01/1961 - "Concerning the formalin-alum vaccine of dysentery bacillus." 06/01/1988 - "The use of a faecal preservative and several staining methods, together with formalin ether concentration, were evaluated for the improved diagnosis of intestinal amoebiasis and giardiasis in 1285 patients with diarrhoea or dysentery and from asymptomatic controls" Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)IBA 06/01/1975 - "The analysis of the efficacy of various methods of antibacterial therapy in 1382 patients with obliterated, light and moderately severe forms of dysentery as compared to the patients subjected only to patholgenic therapy showed that broad spectrum antibiotics lost their role in treatment of such patients" 05/25/1963 - "1. CLINICAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ANTIBIOTICS IN DYSENTERY ON AGGLUTININ PRODUCTION.]" 06/01/2007 - "Physicians might mistake some patients' clinical features of diarrhoea as features of dysentery, leading to unnecessary prescription of antibiotics." 09/01/2006 - "The current antibiotic guidelines in Fiji, recommend that antibiotics be used only for cases of moderate and severe dysentery" 08/19/2004 - "In Germany treatment of swine dysentery is hampered by Brachyspira hyodysenteriae strains showing elevated MIC values to the few antibiotics licensed" Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)FDA LinkGeneric 12/01/2002 - "CONCLUSION: In this study twice daily ciprofloxacin for 3 days achieved clinical cure rates similar to those for the same dosage given for 5 days in children with Sd1 dysentery." 12/01/2002 - "This study compared the efficacy and safety of short course (3 days) and standard course (5 days) oral ciprofloxacin in children with Sd1 dysentery" 12/01/2002 - "Children between 1 and 12 years of age with Sd1 dysentery were randomized to receive oral ciprofloxacin suspension 15 mg/kg every 12 h for 3 days followed by placebo for 2 days or ciprofloxacin suspension for 5 days" 12/01/2002 - "Multicenter, randomized, double blind clinical trial of short course versus standard course oral ciprofloxacin for Shigella dysenteriae type 1 dysentery in children." 07/01/1998 - "Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of dysentery caused by type 1 Shigella dysenteriae during an epidemic in Rwandan refugees in Goma in 1994]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	QuercetinIBA 04/01/1993 - "Quercetin and tocopherol were given to 134 patients with Flexner's dysentery intramuscularly for 7 days; 154 patients received routine treatment" 04/01/1993 - "The efficacy of quercetin and tocopherol acetate in treating patients with Flexner's dysentery]" 01/01/1991 - "The clinical efficacy of sodium nucleinate (SN) combined with splenin and quercetin given for lingering Flexner's dysentery in a group of 43 patients was compared with that of routine therapy used in a group of the same number of patients" Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Condoms (Condom) 01/01/1994 - "In this context, relief agencies stepped in to supply food and clean water in both Rwanda and the refugee camps, the World Health Organization (WHO) has helped to control cholera and dysentery, and the WHO Global Program on AIDS is working to prevent the transmission of HIV through the provision of technical support and airlifts of condoms and essential blood safety supplies." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Traditional Medicine (Folk Remedies) 10/28/2008 - "CONCLUSIONS: The use of Pelargonium stems or tubers for a variety of ailments (including the complications of dysentery) is an important but hitherto under-estimated part of traditional medicine in southern Africa" 09/26/2008 - "Oleaceae) has been commonly used in the traditional medicine in dysentery, diarrhoea and bellyache in China" 07/01/2008 - "has been used in Thai traditional medicine for wound healing, as a diuretic, to fight dysentery and as an emmenagogue" 12/06/2006 - "The results of the antiprotozoal screening support the popular uses of the studied species for the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery in Mexican traditional medicine." 07/22/1994 - "Achyrocline satureioides has been used in folk medicine as antiinflammatory, hypoglycemic, sedative and to treat gastrointestinal disorders such as diarrhea and dysentery suggesting that it may affect salt and water reabsorption by the gastrointestinal tract" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 08/01/1981 - "Relation of dysentery drug therapy to the development of antibiotic resistance in Shigella]" 09/01/1975 - "Chemotherapy of swine dysentery]" 10/01/1973 - "Epidemiology, clinical aspects and drug therapy of bacterial dysentery]" 03/01/1964 - "CHEMOTHERAPY OF ACUTE DYSENTERY CAUSED BY ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT SHIGELLA." 08/01/1963 - "Chemotherapy of dysentery, with special reference to present and future status.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Fluid Therapy (Oral Rehydration Therapy) 03/01/1995 - "Rice oral rehydration solution hastens recovery from dysentery." 09/01/1988 - "People of the epidemic-affected community operated a makeshift hospital to provide early indoor treatment for 1,708 patients of blood dysentery, based on empirically selected antibiotic(s), oral rehydration of the patients and giving them high-protein diets" 01/01/1989 - "Although oral rehydration is useful in dehydrated patients, dehydration is not a common problem in acute dysentery, and antimicrobial treatment is indicated for this disease" 09/01/1992 - "With availability and use of oral rehydration therapy, dysentery and persistent diarrhea emerge as major causes of diarrhea related mortality, with underlying malnutrition as a key associated factor." 09/01/1992 - "With availability and use of oral rehydration therapy, dysentery and persistent diarrhea emerge as major causes of diarrhea-related mortality, with underlying malnutrition as a key associated factor." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Aftercare (After-Treatment) 01/01/2000 - "Improvements in cognitive performance have been found after treatment for relatively heavy infections (without chronic dysentery) in school-going children; it is unclear precisely how much T" 12/01/1998 - "Growth and development four years after treatment for the Trichuris dysentery syndrome." 11/01/1995 - "Catch-up' growth velocities after treatment for Trichuris dysentery syndrome." 03/01/1995 - "This pattern is similar to that observed in the trichuris dysentery syndrome after treatment, and differs from the increases in both height and weight velocity that follow nutritional supplementation of severely malnourished children" 02/01/1993 - "Although shigellae or EIEC were not isolated from any patient with dysentery after ciprofloxacin treatment, IpaH and ial sequences were found after PCR amplification in 7 patients after treatment with ciprofloxacin" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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