title: [Chronic gastroenteritis caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides in adult patients. Report of 3 cases].
abstract: We report the clinical characteristics of three adult patients with a chronic gastroenteritis (more than 10 days duration) due to Plesiomonas shigelloides. The three patients presented previously an underlying disease; a chronic liver disease (alcoholic and viral) and a cancer disease. Although the immunosuppressed condition of the patients, the diarrhea was moderate with 6-12 movements/day; the feces were liquid with mucose and blood. No one patient presented fever but all of them had important abdominal pain. Two patients were treated with cotrimoxazole and ciprofloxacin because of their underlying disease. We review the clinical characteristics of chronic diarrhea caused by P. shigelloides in adult patients, and the possibility that this microorganism would be considered a true enteropathogen.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta (UIB), Palma de Mallorca.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Gastroenteritis crónicas causadas por Plesiomonas shigelloides en pacientes adultos. Presentación de tres casos.