Shigella flexneri bacteremia in a child.

Saudi Med J

Department of Laboratory, PO Box 34, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Published: April 2003

We report an unusual and lethal case of Shigella flexneri septicemia in an 8-year-old Saudi handicapped child from a social home presenting with severe toxic megacolon and acute abdomen secondary to fulminant necrotizing enterocolitis.

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