ICD-10 Specific code A03.1: Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri

Specific codes in ICD-10 are unique alphanumeric designations used to identify and categorize diseases, disorders, and conditions. They consist of 3-5 characters, including both letters and numbers, that provide a high level of detail and specificity.

Translations

Language Translation
Flag for English language  English Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri
Flag for French language  French Shigellose à Shigella flexneri

Hierarchical position

Level Code Title
1 I Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
2 A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases
3 A03 Shigellosis
4 A03.1 Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri

Indicated medicines

Active Ingredient Description
Demeclocycline

Tetracyclines have a broad spectrum of anti-microbial activity and act by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis. They are active against a large number of gram positive and gram negative pathogenic bacteria, including some which are resistant to penicillin.

Minocycline

Minocycline is a semi-synthetic derivative of tetracycline. Minocycline inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible bacteria. In common with other tetracyclines it is primarily bacteriostatic and has a similar spectrum of activity to other tetracyclines.

Sulfamethoxazole

Sulfamethoxazole competitively inhibits the utilisation of para-aminobenzoic acid in the synthesis of dihydrofolate by the bacterial cell resulting in bacteriostasis.