A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency

Objective: Shigelloid meningitis is a rather rare disease in healthy children that occurs in patients with a history of malnutrition and immune deficiency. Case: The case is a 25-month child referred to the hospital for fever, restlessness, convulsion, nausea and coughing. In physical examination, i...

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Autores principales:	R Savad Koohi, NA Noori, F Masoudi
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Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 2001
Materias:	meningitis shigella flexnery child immune deficiency Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b085e7ab838344958c13d58f622696c02021-11-10T09:20:54ZA case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/b085e7ab838344958c13d58f622696c02001-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2887-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170Objective: Shigelloid meningitis is a rather rare disease in healthy children that occurs in patients with a history of malnutrition and immune deficiency. Case: The case is a 25-month child referred to the hospital for fever, restlessness, convulsion, nausea and coughing. In physical examination, it has got positive neurologic signs (Neck rigidity, positive Kernig and Brudzinsky sign). In lumbar puncture analysis, there was leukocytosis with PMN dominancy and low glucose level. In gram staining and culture of CSF, gram-negative bacilli grew. Then presence of Sh.Flexnery was confirmed by a reference laboratory. Conclusion: The patient improved after ceftriaxon administration in 10 days and no complication was observed during a follow up of 3 months.R Savad KoohiNA NooriF MasoudiBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlemeningitisshigella flexnerychildimmune deficiencyMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 59-61 (2001)
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spellingShingle	meningitis shigella flexnery child immune deficiency Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 R Savad Koohi NA Noori F Masoudi A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
description	Objective: Shigelloid meningitis is a rather rare disease in healthy children that occurs in patients with a history of malnutrition and immune deficiency. Case: The case is a 25-month child referred to the hospital for fever, restlessness, convulsion, nausea and coughing. In physical examination, it has got positive neurologic signs (Neck rigidity, positive Kernig and Brudzinsky sign). In lumbar puncture analysis, there was leukocytosis with PMN dominancy and low glucose level. In gram staining and culture of CSF, gram-negative bacilli grew. Then presence of Sh.Flexnery was confirmed by a reference laboratory. Conclusion: The patient improved after ceftriaxon administration in 10 days and no complication was observed during a follow up of 3 months.
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title	A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
title_short	A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
title_full	A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
title_fullStr	A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
title_full_unstemmed	A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
title_sort	case report of meningitis caused by shigella flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency
publisher	Babol University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2001
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A case report of meningitis caused by Shigella Flexnery in a 25 month child without immune deficiency

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