Bacillary dysentery
Introduction to Bacillary Dysentery Bacillary dysentery is an important cause of colonic diarrhoea in developing countries. It is caused by pathogenic species of Shigella A-D (dysenteri, flexneri, boydii and sonnei) and transmitted through the faeco-oral route. Clinical features of Bacillary dysentery Mucoid bloody diarrhoea associated with severe central and lower abdominal pain Tenesmus Moderate-grade pyrexia … Read more