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Maria Auxiliadora-Martins1, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Jaciara Machado Viana
1Centro de Terapia Intensiva (Campus), Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, HCFMRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. mamartins@hcrp.usp.br <mamartins@hcrp.usp.br>
Abstract:
Invasive infection and extraintestinal complications are rarely caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides, a waterborne bacterium belonging to the Vibrionaceae family. We report a case of a 16-year-old female patient with sickle beta-zero thalassemia who survived septic shock caused by P. shigelloides associated with secondary acute respiratory distress syndrome and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Treatment with a carbapenem was successful, and the patient recovered without any sequelae. The previous reports of P. shigelloides sepsis are cited, and possible pathogenic mechanisms are discussed.
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