Plesiomonas shigelloides Septic Shock Following Ingestion of Dojo Nabe (Loach Hotpot)
Author(s) -
Takayuki Shinohara,
Koh Okamoto,
Saho Koyano,
Amato Otani,
Marie Yamashita,
Yuji Wakimoto,
Daisuke Jubishi,
Hideki Hashimoto,
Mahoko Ikeda,
Sohei Harada,
Shu Okugawa,
Kyoji Moriya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab401
Subject(s) - plesiomonas shigelloides , medicine , septic shock , bacteremia , diarrhea , shock (circulatory) , ingestion , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , sepsis , biology , bacteria , genetics
Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative bacillus that commonly causes self-limited diarrhea in humans. We present the case of P shigelloides bacteremia in a 49-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed septic shock a day after eating Dojo nabe (loach hotpot), a Japanese traditional dish.
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