Shigellosis

Alternate Name: Bacillary Dysentery

Test:

Faeces M/C/S (+), faecal blood (+), S.electrolytes(AB), WCC (AB)

Sign:

Dd:

Viral and bacterial enteritis, amoebic dysentery,salmonellosis, zoonotic infestations, ulcerative colitis, all causes of acute abdomen

Phys:

Dysentery due to enteric infection by one of the many species of Shigella