Plesiomonas shigelloides sepsis and splenic abscess in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Dec;20(12):1178-9. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200112000-00019.

Abstract

Plesiomonas shigelloides is a rare cause of self-limiting gastroenteritis. We report a case of extraintestinal P. shigelloides infection in an adolescent with sickle-cell disease who presented with bacteremia complicated by a splenic abscess. Despite the high mortality rate reported in extraintestinal P. shigelloides infection, the patient survived after drainage of the abscess and treatment with antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess*
  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Plesiomonas / isolation & purification*
  • Spleen*