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Four cases of shigella septicemia in Israel

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Four cases of shigella septicemia are presented. In two children infection was caused byShigella flexneri and in two adults, who had underlying diseases which caused immunosuppression, byShigella sonnei andShigella schmitzi. All four patients responded to intravenous antibiotic therapy. In one patient the organism persisted in the stool, but was eliminated after oral administration of chloramphenicol. Shigella septicemia is not uncommon and blood cultures should be obtained in suspected cases.

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  1. Infectious Disease Service, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 151, 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel

    M. Alkan & A. Simu

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 151, 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel

    E. Salzstein

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Alkan, M., Salzstein, E. & Simu, A. Four cases of shigella septicemia in Israel. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 4, 417–418 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148697

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