Meningoencephalitis caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides in a Chinese neonate: case report and literature review

The most usual presentation of Plesiomonas shigelloides infection is an acute gastroenteritis, and extraintestinal manifestations are extremely rare. We reported the first neonate with P. shigelloides meningoencephalitis in China and reviewed the twelve cases previously reported. Our report adds fur...

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Autores principales: Xia, Fang-Qin, Liu, Pei-Ning, Zhou, Yong-Hai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-014-0107-1
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Sumario:The most usual presentation of Plesiomonas shigelloides infection is an acute gastroenteritis, and extraintestinal manifestations are extremely rare. We reported the first neonate with P. shigelloides meningoencephalitis in China and reviewed the twelve cases previously reported. Our report adds further awareness on Plesiomonas shigelloides meningoencephalitis in neonate and points out the importance of an early diagnosis and the use of sensitive antibiotics treatment to this fatal infection.

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