Plesiomonas shigelloides Septic Shock Following Ingestion of Dojo Nabe (Loach Hotpot).

ABSTRACT: Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative bacillus that commonly causes self-limited diarrhea in humans. We present the case of P shigelloides bacteremia in a 49-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed septic shock a day after eating Dojo nabe (loach hotpot), a Japanese traditional dish.

SUBMITTER: Shinohara T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364982 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature