Shigella septicaemia following renal transplantation.
Two patients are described who developed septicaemia with Shigella flexneri following renal transplantation. Pre-operative screening had not identified either patient as a chronic carrier of Shigella sp. The acute management and problems posed by unrecognized carriers amongst patients undergoing transplantation in areas of the world where Shigella is endemic, are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D012763:Shigella flexneri; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous