title: Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis and splenic abscess in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease.
abstract: Plesiomonas shigelloides is a rare cause of self-limiting gastroenteritis. We report a case of extraintestinal P. shigelloides infection in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease who presented with bacteremia complicated by a splenic abscess. Despite the high mortality rate reported in extraintestinal P. shigelloides infection, the patient survived after drainage of the abscess and treatment with antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of New York, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ampofo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ratner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Della-Latta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saiman
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess; D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013154:Spleen