title: Shigellemia in a post renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Shigellemia is a complication of shigellosis that occurs generally in malnourished children. In adults, shigellemia is usually seen in immunocompromised individuals. Here we report the first case of shigellemia in a renal transplant patient from India. The patient had history of diarrhea, which was treated symptomatically. Subsequently, the patient developed high-grade fever and blood culture was positive for Shigella flexneri. Recovery was uneventful after the initiation of antimicrobial therapy. In a country like India with high prevalence of shigellosis, screening for Shigella in the pre-transplant period may minimize the morbidity and prolonged hospital stay associated with the complication of septicemia.
authors: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Centre, Chandigarh, India. suma_ba@yahoo.co.in.
authors: Suma B
authors: SB
authors: Appannanavar
authors: Kapil
authors: K
authors: Goyal
authors: Rajkumar
authors: R
authors: Garg
authors: Pallab
authors: P
authors: Ray
authors: Manish
authors: M
authors: Rathi
authors: Neelam
authors: N
authors: Taneja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007194:India; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents