dysentery
inflammation of the intestine causing diarrhea with blood
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Summary
dysentery is a syndrome[1]. dysentery ranks in the top 3% of syndrome entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,531 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: colitis[4], intestinal infectious disease[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Dysentery[7]
- Said to be the same as: shigellosis[8]
- Symptoms and signs: hemorrhagic diarrhea[9], diarrhea[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dysentery[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15]
- ICD-9-CM: 009.2[16]
- Different from: Czerwonka[17]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[18]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: L-scopolamine[19], ciprofloxacin[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12384[21], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12384[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[23], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
Why It Matters
dysentery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] dysentery is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]