IMPORTED SHIGELLOSIS - AEROGENIC SHIGELLA-BOYDII-14 (SACHS A12) IN A TRAVELER FOLLOWED BY 2 CASES OF LABORATORY-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 32  (1) , 61-64
Abstract
During their holiday in Tunesia 2 members of a family developed severe dysentery which prompted hospitalization of one of them after their return to Germany. S. boydii 4 was isolated from a stool culture. From another, healthy family member an aerogenic, mannitol negative strain of S. boydii 14 (formerly Sachs A 12) was isolated which subsequently infected a laboratory technician when she was handling the fecal specimen. A 2nd laboratory infection due to this organism occurred while performing the Sereny test of pathogenicity. Both persons developed a severe dysenteric syndrome. The increasing problem of imported shigellosis in West Germany and the particularity of gas-production in Shigella strains are discussed.

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