Diseases

Bacillary Dysentery

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).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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).

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

29 entry terms
  • Dysentery, Bacillary
  • Dysentery, Shiga bacillus
  • Dysentery, Shigella boydii
  • Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae
  • Dysentery, Shigella dysenteriae type 1
  • Dysentery, Shigella flexneri
  • Dysentery, Shigella sonnei
  • Shigella Dysentery
  • Shigella Infection
  • Shigellosis
  • Dysenteries, Shigella
  • Dysenteries, Shigella boydii
  • Dysenteries, Shigella dysenteriae
  • Dysenteries, Shigella flexneri
  • Dysenteries, Shigella sonnei
  • Dysentery, Shigella
  • Infection, Shigella
  • Infections, Shigella
  • Shiga bacillus Dysentery
  • Shigella Dysenteries
  • Shigella Infections
  • Shigella boydii Dysenteries
  • Shigella boydii Dysentery
  • Shigella dysenteriae Dysenteries
  • Shigella dysenteriae Dysentery
  • Shigella flexneri Dysenteries
  • Shigella flexneri Dysentery
  • Shigella sonnei Dysenteries
  • Shigella sonnei Dysentery

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 Record

Indexing Annotation

coord IM with specific organism (IM) if pertinent

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.150.252w.400w.310.229w
  2. C06w.405w.205w.331w.479w
  3. C06w.405w.469w.300w.479w

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WC 282

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bacillary Dysentery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004405. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004405
  2. Bacillary Dysentery. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillary_dysentery
  3. Bacillary Dysentery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3778137