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Dysentery

MedGen UID:
3934
•Concept ID:
C0013369
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Diarrheal Disease, Infectious; Infectious Diarrheal Disease; Infectious Diarrheal Diseases
SNOMED CT: Infectious diarrheal disease (19213003); Infectious diarrhea (19213003); Infective diarrhea (19213003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001517

Definition

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. [from MONDO]

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
Review of zoonotic amebiasis: Epidemiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Li J, Cui Z, Li X, Zhang L
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:174-181. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.021. PMID: 33676155
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

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
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
Traveler's diarrhea.
Leung AK, Robson WL, Davies HD
Adv Ther 2006 Jul-Aug;23(4):519-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02850040. PMID: 17050494
Shigellosis.
Niyogi SK
J Microbiol 2005 Apr;43(2):133-43. PMID: 15880088

Diagnosis

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
Shigellosis.
Burnett MW
J Spec Oper Med 2017 Winter;17(4):102-103. doi: 10.55460/2PLM-RQTR. PMID: 29256205
Shigella.
Holmes LC
Pediatr Rev 2014 Jun;35(6):261-2. doi: 10.1542/pir.35-6-261. PMID: 24891600
Shigellosis.
Niyogi SK
J Microbiol 2005 Apr;43(2):133-43. PMID: 15880088

Therapy

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
Clinical endpoints for efficacy studies.
Porter CK, Gutierrez RL, Kotloff KL
Vaccine 2019 Aug 7;37(34):4814-4822. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.051. PMID: 30981626
Shigellosis.
Burnett MW
J Spec Oper Med 2017 Winter;17(4):102-103. doi: 10.55460/2PLM-RQTR. PMID: 29256205
Shigella.
Holmes LC
Pediatr Rev 2014 Jun;35(6):261-2. doi: 10.1542/pir.35-6-261. PMID: 24891600
Traveler's diarrhea.
Leung AK, Robson WL, Davies HD
Adv Ther 2006 Jul-Aug;23(4):519-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02850040. PMID: 17050494

Prognosis

Infectious diseases in children and adolescents in China: analysis of national surveillance data from 2008 to 2017.
Dong Y, Wang L, Burgner DP, Miller JE, Song Y, Ren X, Li Z, Xing Y, Ma J, Sawyer SM, Patton GC
BMJ 2020 Apr 2;369:m1043. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1043. PMID: 32241761Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of travellers' diarrhea.
Steffen R
J Travel Med 2017 Apr 1;24(suppl_1):S2-S5. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw072. PMID: 28520996
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
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

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
Varied Clinical Manifestations of Amebic Colitis.
Cooper CJ, Fleming R, Boman DA, Zuckerman MJ
South Med J 2015 Nov;108(11):676-81. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000370. PMID: 26539949
Amoebic dysentery.
Marie C, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2013 Aug 30;2013 PMID: 23991750Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Dans LF, Martínez EG
BMJ Clin Evid 2007 Jan 1;2007 PMID: 19454043Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Balantidiasis in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
da Silva RKM, Dib LV, Amendoeira MR, Class CC, Pinheiro JL, Fonseca ABM, Barbosa ADS
Acta Trop 2021 Nov;223:106069. Epub 2021 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106069. PMID: 34339668
Epidemiology of travellers' diarrhea.
Steffen R
J Travel Med 2017 Apr 1;24(suppl_1):S2-S5. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw072. PMID: 28520996
Amoebic dysentery.
Marie C, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2013 Aug 30;2013 PMID: 23991750Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Dans LF, Martínez EG
BMJ Clin Evid 2007 Jan 1;2007 PMID: 19454043Free PMC Article

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