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).
Also Known As:
Shigellosis; Dysentery, Shigella; Dysentery, Bacillary; Dysentery, Shiga bacillus; Dysentery, Shigella boydii; Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae; Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae type 1; Dysentery, Shigella flexneri; Dysentery, Shigella sonnei; Shigella Dysentery; Dysenteries, Shigella; Dysenteries, Shigella boydii; Dysenteries, Shigella dysenteriae; Dysenteries, Shigella flexneri; Dysenteries, Shigella sonnei; Shiga bacillus Dysentery; Shigella Dysenteries; Shigella boydii Dysenteries; Shigella boydii Dysentery; Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries; Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery; Shigella flexneri Dysenteries; Shigella flexneri Dysentery; Shigella sonnei Dysenteries; Shigella sonnei Dysentery; boydii Dysenteries, Shigella; boydii Dysentery, Shigella; dysenteriae Dysenteries, Shigella; dysenteriae Dysentery, Shigella; flexneri Dysenteries, Shigella; flexneri Dysentery, Shigella; sonnei Dysenteries, Shigella; sonnei Dysentery, Shigella