title: [Septicemia due to Shigella. A case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Knowing that the isolation of Shigella in blood is considered as an unusual medical event, a case of an infant deceased from septicemia by Shigella sonnei is presented here. This is the first case of the kind reported in Pinar del Río province. A review of the literature is included.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Comandante Pinares, San Cristobal.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ben Salas
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cruz Robaina
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Monté Boada
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bravo Fariñas
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification