Dysentery, Bacillary
Synonyms
Bacillary Dysentery
Dysenteries, Shigella
Dysenteries, Shigella boydii
Dysenteries, Shigella dysenteriae
Dysenteries, Shigella flexneri
Dysenteries, Shigella sonnei
Dysentery, Shiga bacillus
Dysentery, Shigella
Dysentery, Shigella boydii
Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae
Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae type 1
Dysentery, Shigella flexneri
Dysentery, Shigella sonnei
Shiga bacillus Dysentery
Shigella Dysenteries
Shigella Dysentery
Shigella boydii Dysenteries
Shigella boydii Dysentery
Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries
Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery
Shigella flexneri Dysenteries
Shigella flexneri Dysentery
Shigella sonnei Dysenteries
Shigella sonnei Dysentery
Shigellosis
boydii Dysenteries, Shigella
boydii Dysentery, Shigella
dysenteriae Dysenteries, Shigella
dysenteriae Dysentery, Shigella
flexneri Dysenteries, Shigella
flexneri Dysentery, Shigella
sonnei Dysenteries, Shigella
sonnei Dysentery, Shigella
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).