Two Cases of Diarrheal Disease Caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides / 대한임상병리학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
;
: 308-312, 1997.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-107607
ABSTRACT
Plesiomonas shigelloides is known to cause diarrhea in human. It is a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod belonging to the family Vibrionaceae. We isolated P. shigelloides from two patients with diarrhea, a 62-year-old woman with steroid therapy and a 4-year-old boy with no predisposing factor. The organisms were isolated on enteric agars as a nonlactose fermenter and were identified by oxidase, indole, and other biochemical characteristics. The isolates were susceptible to commonly used antimicrobial agents with the exception of ampicillin. P. shigelloides infection is rarely reported in our country, but appears to be a significant cause of diarrhea that responds to antimicrobial therapy. Therefore we suggest the need for correctly identifying P. shigelloides.
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Main subject:
Oxidoreductases
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Vibrionaceae
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Causality
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Plesiomonas
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Agar
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Diarrhea
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Ampicillin
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Anti-Infective Agents
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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