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== | ==Dysentery in adults resident survival guide== | ||
===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
Revision as of 08:39, 25 August 2020
Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mydah Sajid, MD[1]
Dysentery in adults resident survival guide
Overview
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
- Does not include any known cause
Common Causes
- Shigellosis
- Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) (eg, E. coli O157:H7) infection
- Amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica
- Salmonella infection
- Campylobacter infection
- Enteric viruses (eg, cytomegalovirus [CMV] or adenovirus)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ischemic colitis