Structured Summary
Abstract
DYSENTERY caused by intestinal amebic infection, chiefly with ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA. This condition may be associated with amebic infection of the LIVER and other distant sites.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
Synonyms
28 entry terms
- Amebiasis, Intestinal
- Amoebiasis, Intestinal
- Amoebic Colitis
- Amoebic Dysentery
- Colitis, Amebic
- Dysentery, Amebic
- Intestinal Amebiasis
- Intestinal Amoebiasis
- Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection
- Amebiases, Intestinal
- Amebic Colitides
- Amebic Colitis
- Amebic Dysenteries
- Amoebiases, Intestinal
- Amoebic Colitides
- Amoebic Dysenteries
- Colitides, Amebic
- Colitides, Amoebic
- Colitis, Amoebic
- Dysenteries, Amebic
- Dysenteries, Amoebic
- Dysentery, Amoebic
- Intestinal Amebiases
- Intestinal Amoebiases
- Entamoebiasis, Intestinal
- Entamoebiases, Intestinal
- Intestinal Entamoebiases
- Intestinal Entamoebiasis
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Numbers
MeSH Record
NLM Classification
WC 285
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Amebic Dysentery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004404. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004404
- Amebic Dysentery. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoebic_dysentery
- Amebic Dysentery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15460254