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Shigella bacteremia in adult patients is rare and is usually associated with immunosuppressive diseases. To date, 12 HIV-positive patients withShigella bacteremia have been reported in the medical literature. We report a case ofShigella 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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Shigellenseptikaemien sind bei Erwachsenen sehr selten und meist mit Störungen des Immunsystems vergesellschaftet. Bisher wurden 12 HIV-positive Patienten mit Shigellensepsis in der medizinischen Literatur beschrieben. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein 39-jähriger HIV-positiver Patient mit blutig-wässrigen Durchfällen beschrieben, bei demShigella dysenteriae aus der Blutkultur isoliert wurde. Gleichzeitig untersuchte Stuhlkulturen zeigten kein Wachstum von Enterocolitis-Erregern; der Patient sprach gut auf die eingeleitete Antibiotikatherapie an.
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Huebner, J., Gruner, E., von Graevenitz, A. et al. Shigellemia in AIDS patients: Case report and review of the literature. Infection 21, 122–124 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01710748
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