Shigella flexneri bacteremia in a child.
We report an unusual and lethal case of Shigella flexneri septicemia in an 8-year-old Saudi handicapped child from a social home presenting with severe toxic megacolon and acute abdomen secondary to fulminant necrotizing enterocolitis.
Bello
Cornelius S
CS
Department of Laboratory, PO Box 34, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. cssbello@hotmail.com
Al-Barki
Ahmed A
AA
El-Awad
Mohamed E
ME
Patel
Ramniklal V
RV
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000209:etiology; D012763:Shigella flexneri