Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Shigellosis is a bacterial infection leading to dysentery and is caused by <i>Shigella</i>, which are small, ubiquitous Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the enterobacteria family. There are four species: <i>S. dysenteriae</i>, <i>S. flexneri</i>, <i>S. boydii</i> and <i>S. sonnei</i>, all of which cause bacillary dysentery and are strictly limited to human hosts. Disease data Classification Disease ORPHA code 810 OMIM code - ICD10 code A03.3 ICD11 code 1A02 *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl