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West Indian med. j
; 42(2): 85-6, June 1993.
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| ID: lil-130599
RESUMEN
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.