| [shigella bacteraemia: a report of two cases observed in dakar]. | shigellosis is usually a self-limiting enteric disease, rarely accompanied by extra-intestinal manifestations. in senegal, shigella bacteraemia is poorly documented. the authors report two retrospective cases of shigella dysenteriae 1 bacteraemia in an infant aged 12 months and a 32 years-old adult admitted at the infectious diseases clinic in dakar. in both cases, a fatal outcome was observed, in relation to complications: endotoxic shock in the infant, severe intestinal haemorrhage in the adul ... | 2000 | 15779184 |