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INFECTIOUS DIARRHEAL DISEASES
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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Dysentery
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Disenterķa
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Disenteria
Synonyms
English
:
Infectious Diarrheal Disease
Diarrheal Disease, Infectious
Infectious Diarrheal Diseases
Tree Number:
C06.405.205.331
C06.405.469.300
SP4.001.012.118.104.035
Definition
English
:
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.
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
4466
Unique Identifier:
D004403
Occurrence in VHL
:
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