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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2016 July-Sept 59(3): 420-421
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| ID: sea-179613
RESUMEN
We report a case of Shigella flexneri serotype‑2 causing bacteremia in an elderly gentleman with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, who had no other apparent risk factors. Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed that the organism was a multidrug resistant extended spectrum beta‑lactamase producing strain, which was confirmed by molecular characterization. This rare case alerts both the clinician and microbiologist to a previously unaddressed risk factor of Shigella spp. causing bacteremia, as well as emerging resistant strains that are on the rise in immunocompromised patients.