Shanghai fever: a distinct Pseudomonas aeruginosa enteric disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shanghai fever, a community-acquired enteric illness associated with sepsis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was first described in 1918. The understanding of Shanghai fever is incomplete.

Objective

To delineate the clinical features and to examine the host and microbial factors associated with Shanghai fever.

Methods

We prospectively enrolled 27 consecutive previously healthy children with community-acquired P aeruginosa enteritis and sepsis between July 2003 and June 2012. An immunological investigation, including measurement of serum immunoglobulin levels and lymphocyte subpopulations, was performed. The clonal relationship of bacterial isolates was determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and the virulence of isolates was measured using cellular

SUBMITTER: Chuang CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995289 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature