<unk>  is a type of dysentery, and is a severe form of shigellosis.<unk>  is associated with species of bacteria from the family Enterobacteriaceae. The term is usually restricted to Shigella infections. Shigellosis is caused by one of several types of Shigella bacteria. Three species are associated with<unk> : Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri and Shigella dysenteriae. A study in China indicated that Shigella flexneri 2a was the most common serotype. Salmonellosis caused by Salmonella enterica (serovar Typhimurium) has also been described as a cause of<unk> , though this definition is less common. It is sometimes listed as an explicit differential diagnosis of<unk> , as opposed to a cause.<unk>  should not be confused with diarrhea caused by other bacterial infections. One characteristic of<unk>  is blood in stool, which is the result of invasion of the mucosa by the pathogen.
Bacillary dysentery
Dysentery
Travelers' diarrhea
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea
Rotaviral gastroenteritis
Listeriosis
Shigellosis
Bartonellosis