Presentation
Pus cells In amoebic dysentery, only few pus cells are present In bacillary dysentery, numerous pus cells are found during microscopic examination. Macrophages In amoebic dysentery only few macrophages are present in the stool. [medicotips.com]
Microscopic exudate: RBC: Reddish yellow in colour Pus cells: Scanty Pyknotic nuclear residues: Very common Ghost cells: Nil (Degenerated macrophages) Eosinophils: Present Charcot-Leyden crystals: Present Parasite: Trophozoite or Cysts present Bacteria [biologydiscussion.com]
Scarce Pyknotic bodies Very common Nil Ghost cell Nil Numerous Parasites Trophozoites of E. histolytica Nil Bacteria Many, motile Scanty, non-motile Charcot-leyden crystals Present Nil Related Posts: Differences Between Amoebic Dysentery and Bacillary [laboratoryinfo.com]
Preferably, the presentation of the infection is manifested by bloody diarrhea. [google.la]
In order to assure detection, the SLT present in the sample must be concentrated to enhance the reliability of the assay. Present diagnostic procedures are technically demanding, time consuming and of limited practical use in the clinical setting. [google.tm]
Entire Body System
- Fever
Tick-borne Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rickettsia conorii Boutonneuse fever Rickettsia japonica Japanese spotted fever Rickettsia sibirica North Asian tick typhus Rickettsia australis Queensland tick typhus Rickettsia honei Flinders [en.wikipedia.org]
Initially, patients complain of fever and cramping abdominal pain. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
Drugs that inhibit intestinal peristalsis e.g. paregoric, may ameliorate symptoms but prolong fever, diarrhea and excretion of Shigella in feces. [rxmed.com]
‘Although blood in the stool suggests invasive disease, fever is not a sensitive indicator of dysentery.’ [en.oxforddictionaries.com]
Some children who run high fevers with a shigella infection have seizures. It's not known whether the convulsions are a result of the fever or the shigella infection itself. If your child has a seizure, contact your doctor immediately. [mayoclinic.org]
- Intravenous Administration
The greatest threat of dysentery is from deficient fluid volume and electrolyte imbalance, which must be corrected by the intravenous administration of fluids and electrolytes lost in the watery stools. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
Gastrointestinal
- Diarrhea
[…] absorbed, leading to diarrhea. [alternativemedicals.com]
Among them, 252 patients were considered to have simple diarrhea, but the rest (186 patients) suffered from more than three consecutive diarrheas. Shigella sonnei was isolated from 75 patients. [e-epih.org]
Dysentery (shigellosis) - acute intestinal infection, manifested by diarrhea, tenesmus, abdominal pain, and in cases of severe course - bloody diarrhea, fever and severe intoxication. Etiology. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
[…] to fatal dysentery. penetration of the intestine. production of enterotoxins due to water release from the lining of the intestines. infection in the small intestine yields watery diarrhea. infection in the small intestine yields dysentery Hemolytic [quizlet.com]
NOS ( R19.7 ) functional diarrhea ( K59.1 ) infectious gastroenteritis and colitis NOS ( A09 ) neonatal diarrhea (noninfective) ( P78.3 ) psychogenic diarrhea ( F45.8 ) bacillary NOS A03.9 Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9 ICD-10-CM [icd10data.com]
- Abdominal Pain
Sometimes, exploratory surgery is done to determine whether severe abdominal pain is caused by schistosomiasis, amebic dysentery or appendicitis . [healthblurbs.com]
[…] of a number of disorders marked by inflammation of the intestine, especially of the colon, with abdominal pain, tenesmus, and frequent stools often containing blood and mucus. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
Initially, patients complain of fever and cramping abdominal pain. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
The onset is acute, with fever, fatigue, abdominal pain and watery diarrhoea. As the disease increases in intensity, bloody diarrhoea with mucous, faecal urgency and severe cramping abdominal pain occur. [myvmc.com]
Sufferers may also develop cramps and abdominal pain. Other common gastrointestinal symptoms include nausea and vomiting. [alternativemedicals.com]
- Abdominal Cramps
Prevalence of dyspepsia was higher in females; smokers; those with premorbid irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, or depression; and those reporting >7 days of diarrhea or abdominal cramps during the acute illness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
In mild to moderate cases, semi-solid stools with a bad odor, mucus (no blood), abdominal cramps, flatulence and fatigue are present. This may occur periodically. [naturehomeopathy.com]
The major symptoms are diarrhea, fever, severe fluid loss, and abdominal cramps (Kaminstein 2004). [newworldencyclopedia.org]
Dysentry is an infective disease of the large bowels characterized by frequent passing of blood and mucus with stool along with several abdominal cramps. Various microbial and chemical causes can result into dysentery in humans. [laboratoryinfo.com]
For patients who develop bacillary dysentery, they commonly present with acute onset of fever, diarrhoea with abdominal cramps and nausea or vomiting. The stool may contain blood and mucus. [chp.gov.hk]
- Frothy Stool
When acidic stool should be abolished hydrochloric acid and assign alkali (Borjomi); frothy stool to limit carbohydrates, the rotten - to reduce proteins. source [lecheniebolezni.com]
Workup
Colonoscopy
- Colitis
To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis NOS ( K52.9 ) diarrhea NOS ( R19.7 ) enteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) gastroenteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified [icd10data.com]
Bacillary colitis. Acute or chronic dysentery. Diphtheritic dysentery. Bloody flux. Colitis necroticans, ulcerosa or hemorrhagica. Institutional dysentery. Sp : Disenteria bacilar. Fr : Dysenterie bacillaire. Ger : Bakterienruhr. Bazillenruhr. [isradiology.org]
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Amoebic dysentery, aka intestinal amebiasis or amebic colitis, is caused by Entamoeba histolytica protozoa. [healthblurbs.com]
The ability of the virus to selectively affect cells and tissues Dysentery Dysentery (shigellosis) is an acute infectious disease, characterized by a syndrome of general infectious intoxication and predominantly distal colitis. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
Treatment
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Assuming treatment failure rate to be an extremely conservative proxy for dysentery deaths not preventable with prompt antibiotic treatment, it can be estimated that treatment of dysentery with ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone or pivmecillinam will reduce diarrhoea [ije.oxfordjournals.org]
Bacterial Dysentery or Bloody Diarrhea: Treatment and Diagnosis Bacterial dysentery can usually be diagnosed by culturing bacteria from the stool. Treatment often starts with an oral rehydration; if necessary, antibiotics may be prescribed. … [alternativemedicals.com]
Prognosis Usually curable in 7 days with treatment. Most Shigella infections are mild and don’t require drastic treatment. [rxmed.com]
Prognosis
Eight year prognosis of postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome following waterborne bacterial dysentery John K Marshall 1, Marroon Thabane 1, Amit X Garg 2, William F Clark 2, Paul Moayyedi 1, Stephen M Collins 1, Walkerton Health Study Investigators [gut.bmj.com]
Prognosis of shigellosis The disease is self-limiting, usually resolving within 5 to 7 days without antibiotics. In severe cases, the infection may last 3 to 6 weeks. [myvmc.com]
BACKGROUND: Although postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) is a well-recognised complication of acute gastroenteritis, its prognosis remains poorly defined. [f1000.com]
Prognosis Usually curable in 7 days with treatment. Most Shigella infections are mild and don’t require drastic treatment. [rxmed.com]
When the extent of ulceration in the colon may be received from the intestine secondary infection (remittent fever, enlargement of the spleen), addictive disease, and poor prognosis. [lecheniebolezni.com]
Etiology
Etiology. Shigella - short fixed Gram-negative rods, the biochemical feature of which is the absence or very slow fermentation of lactose. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
Etiology and pathogenesis THE BACTERIAL DYSENTERY (DYSENTERIA BACTERIALIS) Etiology. Agents dysentery - a large group of gram still sticks. [lecheniebolezni.com]
"Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery". Nucleic Acids Res. 33 (19): 6445–58. doi : 10.1093/nar/gki954. PMC 1278947. PMID 16275786. ^ "WHO | Diarrhoeal Diseases". [en.wikipedia.org]
[…] occurs primarily in the left colon and involvement of the terminal ileum is common Disease may occur in other parts of the large bowel Very rarely, fulminant disease occurs because of massive small intestinal invasion (Ikari syndrome) Pathophysiology / etiology [pathologyoutlines.com]
Citation: Thompson CN, Duy PT, Baker S (2015) The Rising Dominance of Shigella sonnei : An Intercontinental Shift in the Etiology of Bacillary Dysentery. [journals.plos.org]
Epidemiology
Keywords: Epidemiologic investigation ; Bacterial dysentery outbreak ; Busan(Pusan) [e-epih.org]
Epidemiology has many features in common with the epidemiology of typhoid fever. [lecheniebolezni.com]
Epidemiology infectious diarrhoea irritable bowel syndrome Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service [gut.bmj.com]
This study explored the epidemiologic characteristics of the disease, and detected the high-risk areas using scan statistics. [bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com]
The diagnosis of shigellosis is made on the basis of clinical and epidemiological data, with mandatory laboratory confirmation. For final diagnosis use: 1) the bacteriological method with the greatest value. [en.medicine-guidebook.com]
Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology of shigella diarrhea in the rhesus;monkey: intestinal transport, morphological, and bacteriological studies. Gastroenterology 68: 270–278. PubMed Google Scholar 26. Keusch, G. T., G. F. Grady, L. J. Mata, and J. Mclver. 1972. [link.springer.com]
Sites Disease occurs primarily in the left colon and involvement of the terminal ileum is common Disease may occur in other parts of the large bowel Very rarely, fulminant disease occurs because of massive small intestinal invasion (Ikari syndrome) Pathophysiology [pathologyoutlines.com]
References Pathophysiology of gastrointestinal infections: the role of bismuth subsalicylate. Scottsdale, Arizona, 11-14 February 1988. Proceedings. Rev Infect Dis. 1990;12 Suppl 1:S1-119. Steffen R. [cdc.gov]
Prevention
An Epidemiological Investigation of Bacterial Dysentery Outbreak in Busan(Pusan), 1999. 1 Department of Preventive Medicine, Dong-A University Collegeof Medicine. 2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Kosin University Collegeof Medicine. 3 Sa-Sang Health [e-epih.org]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/shigella/index.html. Accessed June 17, 2015. Shigella infections among gay & bisexual men. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/shigella/msm.html. [mayoclinic.org]
Appropriate antibiotic therapy is critical in shortening the illness, preventing relapse and reducing transmission. [histopathology-india.net]
Prevention of Bacillary Dysentery (Shigellosis) To prevent the spread of infection, keep the toilet clean and wash your hands frequently with warm water and soap, especially after a bowel movement or before handling food. [healthcommunities.com]
We know that these diseases, like so many others, are very largely preventable. [azodium.com]