Plesiomonas shigelloides Septic Shock Following Ingestion of Dojo Nabe (Loach Hotpot)

Takayuki Shinohara; Koh Okamoto; Saho Koyano; Amato Otani; Marie Yamashita; Yuji Wakimoto; Daisuke Jubishi; Hideki Hashimoto; Mahoko Ikeda; Sohei Harada; Shu Okugawa; Kyoji Moriya

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab401

Plesiomonas shigelloides Septic Shock Following Ingestion of Dojo Nabe (Loach Hotpot)

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 26;8(8):ofab401. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab401. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative bacillus that commonly causes self-limited diarrhea in humans. We present the case of P shigelloides bacteremia in a 49-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed septic shock a day after eating Dojo nabe (loach hotpot), a Japanese traditional dish.

Keywords: Plesiomonas shigelloides; alcoholic cirrhosis; foodborne diseases; gram-negative bacterial infections; septic shock.

Publication types

Case Reports