title: Shigella flexneri bacteremia in a child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory, PO Box 34, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. cssbello@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cornelius S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bello
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Barki
authors.forename: Mohamed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: El-Awad
authors.forename: Ramniklal V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: 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