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Septic shock associated with Shigella flexneri dysentery
Avraham Beigelman1, Eugene Leibovitz, Shaul Sofer
1Department of Pediatrics B, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|October 11, 2002
Abstract:
Septic shock is a very unusual presentation of Shigella infection. We describe a 3-y-old child who developed severe septic shock and severe encephalopathy during an episode of dysentery caused by Shigella flexneri.