Case report of Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated persistent dysentery and pseudomembranous colitis.

An adult Bangladeshi woman had persistent bloody diarrhea. Repeated stool cultures yielded Plesiomonas shigelloides in pure growth. Tissue specimens of the colon were consistent with pseudomembranous colitis. Treatment with tetracycline, to which the isolate was susceptible, brought prompt recovery;...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: van Loon, F P, Rahim, Z, Chowdhury, K A, Kay, B A, Rahman, S A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1989
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC267701/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2768477/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.27.8.1913-1915.1989
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