Bacteriemia por Shigella flexneri en dos lactantes / Shigella flexneri bacteremia in children: two case report and review of literature
Rev. chil. infectol
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35(3): 317-320, 2018.
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in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Resumen Shigella spp. es el aislamiento microbiológico más frecuente en las diarreas bacterianas en Argentina. Clínicamente puede causar desde una diarrea acuosa hasta disentería. En forma infrecuente causa complicaciones extraintestinales, con una incidencia de bacteriemia desde 0,4 a 7,3%; asociado a factores de riesgo como niños menores de un año de edad e inmunodeficiencias, entre otros. Presentamos los casos clínicos de dos lactantes con bacteriemia por Shigella flexneri, que consultaron por fiebre y diarrea, uno de ellos con diagnóstico de inmunodeficiencia primaria.
ABSTRACT
Shigella spp. is the most frequent micro-biological isolation in bacterial diarrhea in Argentina. It causes a watery diarrhea or dysenteric disease. It rarely causes extraintestinal problems. It has an incidence of bacteremia of 0,4-7,3%, and its appearance compels us to look for associated risk factors, as children under one year of age and immunodeficiency, among others. We describe two children with Shigella flexneri bacteremia. They presented with fever and diarrhea. One of them had primary immune deficiency.
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Main subject:
Shigella flexneri
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Bacteremia
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Dysentery, Bacillary
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. infectol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General de Niños Dr. Pedro de Elizalde/AR
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