A case of imported Shigella sonnei infection complicated with acute appendicitis.
- Author:
So Yeon PARK
1
;
Jong Jin YOO
;
Sung Ho RYU
;
Sung Jun KIM
;
Ji Yeon HONG
;
Chan Heun PARK
;
Joong Sik EOM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College on Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. helppl@hallym.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Appendicitis;
Shigella sonnei
- MeSH:
Appendicitis;
Dysentery, Bacillary;
Female;
Humans;
Hydrazines;
Shigella;
Shigella sonnei;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2009;76(Suppl 1):S208-S210
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Shigellosis may mimic acute appendicitis clinically, but Shigella species rarely cause appendicitis. We experienced acute appendicitis with perforation caused by Shigella sonnei in a 24-year-old woman who had traveled abroad.
