Description
dysentery: Acute inflammation of the intestine associated with infectious diarrhea of various etiologies, generally acquired by eating contaminated food containing toxins, biological derived from bacteria or other microorganisms. Dysentery is characterized initially by watery feces then by bloody mucoid stools. It is often associated with abdominal pain; fever; and dehydration.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
Z21_NEED_OTH_PROPHYLACT_MEASU |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: Z29 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: Z29 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF4 |
Ontology