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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is frequent, small-volume, severe diarrhea that shows blood in the fecesalong with intestinal cramping and tenesmus (painful straining to pass stool).[1] Symptoms frequently associated with dysentery include fever and malaise.
References
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. pp. 361, 858. ISBN 0838585299.