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A case of multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing Shigella sonnei acute acalculous cholecystitis and gastroenteritis in a returned traveller

Journal of Travel Medicine (2018) 25(1)
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay029
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Abstract

The first case of Shigella-associated acalculous cholecystitis is described. A 27-year-old woman presented to hospital with diarrhoea and acute acalculous cholecystitis one day after return to Australia from Vietnam. Her feces culture grew multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing Shigella sonnei and she improved with antimicrobial therapy and intravenous fluids.

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Williams, E., Lew, T. E., Fuller, A., Spelman, D. W., & Jenney, A. W. (2018). A case of multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing Shigella sonnei acute acalculous cholecystitis and gastroenteritis in a returned traveller. Journal of Travel Medicine, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tay029

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