Fatal Plesiomonas shigelloides septicaemia in a splenectomised patient.
A case of fatal Plesiomonas shigelloides septicaemia is reported in a splenectomised patient. One week prior to his illness the patient was exposed to river water that was potentially contaminated with plesiomonads. Autopsy findings indicated that the plesiomonad may have invaded the blood stream through the terminal ileum.
Clark
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Department of Pathology, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA 19013.
Westby
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Spector
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Soricelli
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Young
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D014737:Vibrionaceae; D014871:Water Microbiology