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Emerg Infect Dis
; 26(1): 122-124, 2020 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31855540
ABSTRACT
Shigella commonly causes gastroenteritis but rarely spreads to the blood. During 2002-2012, we identified 11,262 Shigella infections through population-based active surveillance in Georgia; 72 (0.64%) were isolated from blood. Bacteremia was associated with age >18 years, black race, and S. flexneri. More than half of patients with bacteremia were HIV-infected.