title: Necrotizing haemorrhagic colitis caused by resistant Shigella flexneri. Report of a case.
abstract: A case of fatal infection with Shigella flexneri is reported. The 19-year-old male patient who presented with fulminating haemorrhagic colitis died nine days after the onset of symptoms. The infecting strain of Shigella flexneri was resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents, including amoxycillin, co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, W.I.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Levett
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cruickshank
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Prussia
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Garriques
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D012763:Shigella flexneri