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West Indian med. j
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42(2): 85-6, June 1993.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-130599
ABSTRACT
A case of fatal infection with shigella flexneri is reported. The 19-year-old male patient who presented with fulminating haemorrhagic colitis died nine days after the onset of symptoms. The infecting strain of shigella flexneri was resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents, including amoxycillin, co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol.