title: Shigellosis and AIDS. Report of a case and brief review of the literature.
abstract: This report describes the fatal outcome of an infection with Shigella flexneri in a 39-yr-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The pertinent literature is reviewed.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boers
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Berkel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: van der Meer
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification