Affiliations 

  • 1 Y S Lim, MSc. Bacteriologist, Bacteriology laboratory, Department of Pathology, Sultanah Amlnah General Hospital, Johore Baru, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2 L J Young, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Bacteriology laboratory, Department of Pathology, Sultanah Amlnah General Hospital, Johore Baru, Johor, Malaysia
  • 3 S Balakrishnan, MBBS, FRCP. Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Sultanah Amlnah General Hospital, Johore Baru, Johor Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 1987 Dec;28(6):534-6.
PMID: 3441796

Abstract

Plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated from 5 (2.1%) of the 234 children with diarrhoea and none of the 230 controls. In one child, the organism was found in association with Salmonella. Two strains had Shigella sonnei phase I antigen. All the strains were susceptible to the aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole; but resistant to the penicillins. Alkaline peptone water enrichment subcultured to desoxycholale citrate agar proved to be a useful method for isolating this organism from faeces. As the roie of P. shigelloides in causing gastrointestinal disease remains controversial, further studies are necessary to determine its enteropathogenicily.

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