Flexner's (bacillary) dysentery

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• bacillary dysentery — dysentery caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Shigella, marked by intestinal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with mucus and blood in the feces, and often toxemia; it is especially prevalent in tropical countries, but frequently occurs… …   Medical dictionary

• Flexner dysentery — bacillary dysentery caused by Shigella flexneri …   Medical dictionary

• Flexner bacillus dysentery — Flex·ner bacillus, dysentery (fleksґnər) [Simon Flexner, American pathologist, 1863–1946] see Shigella flexneri, and see bacillary dysentery, under dysentery …   Medical dictionary

• Shigella — A group of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract and cause infantile gastroenteritis, summer diarrhea of childhood and various forms of dysentery including epidemic and opportunistic bacillary dysentery. Named for the Japanese… …   Medical dictionary

• Shigella flexneri — a species that causes severe bacillary dysentery. It has six serovars and two variants (X and Y); type 2 produces an enterotoxin. The organisms ferment mannitol but not lactose. Called also Flexner bacillus …   Medical dictionary

• ДИЗЕНТЕРИЯ — ДИЗЕНТЕРИЯ, dysenteria(отгреч. dys частица, означающая дурное качество, и enteron кишка), острая заразная болезнь, проявляющаяся в воспалении толстых кишок с кровавыми испражнениями и с мучительными тенезмами; на этом основании Д. называется… …   Большая медицинская энциклопедия