Abstract
Shigellosis is usually a self-limiting enteric disease, rarely accompanied by extra-intestinal manifestations. In Senegal, shigella bacteraemia is poorly documented. The authors report two retrospective cases of Shigella dysenteriae 1 bacteraemia in an infant aged 12 months and a 32 years-old adult admitted at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Dakar. In both cases, a fatal outcome was observed, in relation to complications: endotoxic shock in the infant, severe intestinal haemorrhage in the adult.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Academic Medical Centers
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Adult
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Bacteremia / complications
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Bacteremia / diagnosis*
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Bacteremia / drug therapy
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Bacteremia / epidemiology
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Dysentery, Bacillary / complications
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Dysentery, Bacillary / diagnosis*
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Dysentery, Bacillary / drug therapy
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Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Fluid Therapy
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / microbiology
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Humans
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Infant
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Leukocytosis / microbiology
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Retrospective Studies
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Senegal / epidemiology
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Shock, Septic / microbiology
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Urban Health / statistics & numerical data