Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis and splenic abscess in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease.
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.
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Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of New York, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Graham
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Ratner
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Rajagopalan
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Della-Latta
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Saiman
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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