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- Title
A 12-year-old boy with acute gastroenteritis caused by Edwardsiella tarda O4:H4.
- Authors
Kaoru Hirasawa; Tomohiro Arakuma; Keiko Izumi; Katsumi Kobori; Keiji Sunohara; Noriko Yoshizawa; Haruo Watanabe; Hidemasa Izumiya
- Abstract
Abstract A 12-year-old boy was brought to the hospital with a 3-week history of watery diarrhea mixed with mucus and colicky abdominal pain. Stool culture identified Edwardsiella tarda O4: H4, and no other pathogenic bacteria were detected. Acute gastroenteritis caused by Edwardsiella tarda O4: H4 was diagnosed. This bacterium was shown to be sensitive to ampicillin hydrate. When this antibiotic was administered, the condition of the patient improved within a week. The patient had a history of eating raw shrimp and fish while traveling with his parents.
- Subjects
GASTROENTERITIS in children; EDWARDSIELLA tarda; DIARRHEA; ABDOMINAL pain in children; PATHOGENIC bacteria; ANTIBIOTICS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.), 2008, Vol 14, Issue 6, p433
- ISSN
1341-321X
- Publication type
Article