Pacheco-Gil Leova, Ochoa Theresa J, Flores-Romo Leopoldo, DuPont Herbert L, Estrada-Garcia Teresa
Hospital del Niño, Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
J Infect. 2006 Nov;53(5):e211-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.01.021. Epub 2006 Jun 12.
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) is an important agent of pediatric diarrhea and dysentery in developing countries. We report a life-threatening severe dysentery case due to EIEC in a malnourished 4-month-old male, native Indian infant co-infected with rotavirus. The severe gastrointestinal bleeding anemia and hypovolemic shock was successfully treated with IV blood transfusions, rehydration and antibiotic therapy.