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Bacillary dysentery

MedGen UID:
287127
•Concept ID:
C1527298
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bacillary Dysentery; Dysentery, Bacillary
SNOMED CT: Bacillary dysentery (274081004)

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). [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBacillary dysentery

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Network pharmacology and molecular docking combined with widely targeted metabolomics to elucidate the potential compounds and targets of Euphorbia helioscopia seeds for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
Liu Y, Sun W, Shen N, Hao W, Xin H, Che F, Cui Y
Comput Biol Med 2023 Jun;160:107007. Epub 2023 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107007. PMID: 37150086
Treatment of drug-resistant Shigella infections.
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Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2015 Jan;13(1):69-80. Epub 2014 Nov 17 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2015.983902. PMID: 25399653
Bacillary dysentery: mechanisms and treatment.
Levine MM
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Association between floods and the risk of dysentery in China: a meta-analysis.
Xin X, Jia J, Hu X, Han Y, Liang J, Jiang F
Int J Biometeorol 2021 Jul;65(7):1245-1253. Epub 2021 Mar 3 doi: 10.1007/s00484-021-02096-y. PMID: 33660029
Diverted recycling-Shigella subversion of Rabs.
López-Montero N, Enninga J
Small GTPases 2018 Sep 3;9(5):365-374. Epub 2016 Nov 1 doi: 10.1080/21541248.2016.1240494. PMID: 27763815Free PMC Article
Patterns of Bacillary Dysentery in China, 2005-2010.
Zhang H, Si Y, Wang X, Gong P
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016 Jan 27;13(2):164. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13020164. PMID: 26828503Free PMC Article
Live-attenuated Shigella vaccines.
Venkatesan MM, Ranallo RT
Expert Rev Vaccines 2006 Oct;5(5):669-86. doi: 10.1586/14760584.5.5.669. PMID: 17181440
Shigellosis.
Niyogi SK
J Microbiol 2005 Apr;43(2):133-43. PMID: 15880088

Diagnosis

Shigella sonnei: virulence and antibiotic resistance.
Shad AA, Shad WA
Arch Microbiol 2021 Jan;203(1):45-58. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1007/s00203-020-02034-3. PMID: 32929595Free PMC Article
Acute diarrhea with blood: diagnosis and drug treatment.
da Cruz Gouveia MA, Lins MTC, da Silva GAP
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2020 Mar-Apr;96 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):20-28. Epub 2019 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2019.08.006. PMID: 31604059Free PMC Article
Shigellosis.
Kotloff KL, Riddle MS, Platts-Mills JA, Pavlinac P, Zaidi AKM
Lancet 2018 Feb 24;391(10122):801-812. Epub 2017 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33296-8. PMID: 29254859
Reactive Arthritis.
Schmitt SK
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2017 Jun;31(2):265-277. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.01.002. PMID: 28292540
Differentiation between Shigella, enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and noninvasive Escherichia coli.
van den Beld MJ, Reubsaet FA
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012 Jun;31(6):899-904. Epub 2011 Sep 7 doi: 10.1007/s10096-011-1395-7. PMID: 21901636

Therapy

Preface.
Walker RI, Riddle MS, Clifford A
Vaccine 2019 Aug 7;37(34):4767. Epub 2019 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.085. PMID: 31300286
Coptidis Rhizoma: a comprehensive review of its traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology.
Wang J, Wang L, Lou GH, Zeng HR, Hu J, Huang QW, Peng W, Yang XB
Pharm Biol 2019 Dec;57(1):193-225. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2019.1577466. PMID: 30963783Free PMC Article
Recent insights into Shigella.
Baker S, The HC
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2018 Oct;31(5):449-454. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000475. PMID: 30048255Free PMC Article
Shigellosis.
Burnett MW
J Spec Oper Med 2017 Winter;17(4):102-103. doi: 10.55460/2PLM-RQTR. PMID: 29256205
Bacillary dysentery.
Gilman RH
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Prognosis

Shigellosis in Poland in 2018-2019.
Nowacka Z, Księżak E, Polański P, Sadkowska-Todys M
Przegl Epidemiol 2022;76(1):118-128. doi: 10.32394/pe.76.12. PMID: 35861099
Reactive Arthritis.
Schmitt SK
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2017 Jun;31(2):265-277. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.01.002. PMID: 28292540
Patterns of Bacillary Dysentery in China, 2005-2010.
Zhang H, Si Y, Wang X, Gong P
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016 Jan 27;13(2):164. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13020164. PMID: 26828503Free PMC Article
Shigella.
Holmes LC
Pediatr Rev 2014 Jun;35(6):261-2. doi: 10.1542/pir.35-6-261. PMID: 24891600
The Shigella human challenge model.
Porter CK, Thura N, Ranallo RT, Riddle MS
Epidemiol Infect 2013 Feb;141(2):223-32. Epub 2012 Aug 21 doi: 10.1017/S0950268812001677. PMID: 22906296Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Network pharmacology and molecular docking combined with widely targeted metabolomics to elucidate the potential compounds and targets of Euphorbia helioscopia seeds for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
Liu Y, Sun W, Shen N, Hao W, Xin H, Che F, Cui Y
Comput Biol Med 2023 Jun;160:107007. Epub 2023 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107007. PMID: 37150086
Shigella flexneri: an emerging pathogen.
Nisa I, Qasim M, Yasin N, Ullah R, Ali A
Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2020 Apr;65(2):275-291. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s12223-020-00773-w. PMID: 32026288
Mechanisms of bacillary dysentery: lessons learnt from infant rabbits.
Yum LK, Agaisse H
Gut Microbes 2020 May 3;11(3):597-602. Epub 2019 Oct 1 doi: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1667726. PMID: 31570038Free PMC Article
Status of vaccine research and development for Shigella.
Mani S, Wierzba T, Walker RI
Vaccine 2016 Jun 3;34(26):2887-2894. Epub 2016 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.075. PMID: 26979135
Patterns of Bacillary Dysentery in China, 2005-2010.
Zhang H, Si Y, Wang X, Gong P
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016 Jan 27;13(2):164. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13020164. PMID: 26828503Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Temperature and risk of infectious diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Liang M, Ding X, Wu Y, Sun Y
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Identification and management of Shigella infection in children with diarrhoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tickell KD, Brander RL, Atlas HE, Pernica JM, Walson JL, Pavlinac PB
Lancet Glob Health 2017 Dec;5(12):e1235-e1248. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30392-3. PMID: 29132613Free PMC Article
Causative species and serotypes of shigellosis in mainland China: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chang Z, Lu S, Chen L, Jin Q, Yang J
PLoS One 2012;7(12):e52515. Epub 2012 Dec 20 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052515. PMID: 23285073Free PMC Article
Antibiotic therapy for Shigella dysentery.
Christopher PR, David KV, John SM, Sankarapandian V
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Aug 4;2010(8):CD006784. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006784.pub4. PMID: 20687081Free PMC Article
Antibiotic therapy for Shigella dysentery.
Prince Christopher R H, David KV, John SM, Sankarapandian V
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Jan 20;(1):CD006784. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006784.pub3. PMID: 20091606

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