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Review
. 1993 Mar-Apr;21(2):122-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF01710748.

Shigellemia in AIDS patients: case report and review of the literature

J Huebner  1 , W Czerwenka, E Gruner, A von Graevenitz
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Review

Shigellemia in AIDS patients: case report and review of the literature

J Huebner et al. Infection. 1993 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Shigella bacteremia in adult patients is rare and is usually associated with immunosuppressive diseases. To date, 12 HIV-positive patients with Shigella bacteremia have been reported in the medical literature. We report a case of Shigella dysenteriae bacteremia in a 39-year-old HIV-positive patient. Although the patient presented with bloody and watery diarrhea, stool cultures failed to grow enteric pathogens. The patient responded well to appropriate antibiotic therapy.

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