 Dysentery
"Dysentery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acute inflammation of the intestine associated with infectious DIARRHEA of various etiologies, generally acquired by eating contaminated food containing TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL derived from BACTERIA 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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.331 C06.405.469.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dysentery- Dysentery
- Infectious Diarrheal Disease
- Diarrheal Disease, Infectious
- Infectious Diarrheal Diseases
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dysentery" by people in Profiles.
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Buskirk AD, Ndungo E, Shimanovich AA, Lam D, Blackwelder WC, Ikumapayi UN, Ma B, Powell H, Antonio M, Nataro JP, Kaper JB, Pasetti MF. Mucosal Immune Profiles Associated with Diarrheal Disease Severity in Shigella- and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-Infected Children Enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. mBio. 2022 08 30; 13(4):e0053822.
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Qamar FN, Nisar MI, Quadri F, Shakoor S, Sow SO, Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Wu Y, Farag T, Panchalingham S, Sur D, Qureshi S, Faruque AS, Saha D, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Bassat Q, Tamboura B, Ramamurthy T, Kanungo S, Ahmed S, Hossain A, Das SK, Antonio M, Hossain MJ, Mandomando I, Tennant SM, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Zaidi AK. Aeromonas-Associated Diarrhea in Children Under 5 Years: The GEMS Experience. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 10 05; 95(4):774-780.
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Glasheen JJ, Carter JE, Prochazka AV. Value of repeat stool testing for Clostridium difficile. Am J Med. 2007 Jul; 120(7):e11; authorr eply e13.
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Nataro JP, Mai V, Johnson J, Blackwelder WC, Heimer R, Tirrell S, Edberg SC, Braden CR, Glenn Morris J, Hirshon JM. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli infection in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Haven, Connecticut. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 15; 43(4):402-7.
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