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. 1988 Dec;26(12):2675–2677. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.12.2675-2677.1988

Pseudoappendicitis caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides.

K Fischer 1, T Chakraborty 1, H Hof 1, T Kirchner 1, O Wamsler 1
PMCID: PMC266973  PMID: 3230143

Abstract

A 20-year-old patient was hospitalized with clinical signs of acute appendicitis. After surgery, the histological findings in the appendix and a lymphatic node suggested the diagnosis of pseudoappendicitis caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides, which was isolated in pure culture from the lymphatic node. The strain of P. shigelloides was found to elaborate a heat-stable toxin and harbored two plasmids of 280 and 4 kilobases. A large plasmid has previously been implicated as a virulence marker in P. shigelloides infections.

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