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Dysentery

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.

Identifiers
MONDO:0001517
Also known as
diarrheal disease, infectious · dysenteric diarrhea · dysenteric diarrhoea · infectious diarrhea · infectious diarrheal disease
Disease Subtypes
Shigellosis

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