Two Cases of Diarrheal Disease Caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides.
- Author:
Hyo Sun CHOI
;
Sun E KIM
;
Sin Kyung KIM
;
Tae Yeal CHOI
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Agar;
Ampicillin;
Anti-Infective Agents;
Causality;
Child, Preschool;
Diarrhea;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Oxidoreductases;
Plesiomonas*;
Vibrionaceae
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
1997;17(2):308-312
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
