Article: A Young Girl Returns From Senegal with Dysentery.

A Young Girl Returns From Senegal with Dysentery

Case Report

The patient was a previously healthy 5-year-old girl who had returned 3 days prior to admission from a 1-month stay in Senegal, West Africa, after visiting relatives. She had stayed in a suburban area and eaten local foods. She had not been swimming, and there were no known direct exposures to animals. She had been well in Senegal until 6 days prior to admission when she began to develop multiple episodes of watery, then bloody, stools and tactile fever. Over the next few days she continued to have bloody diarrhea and also had decreased activity, diffuse abdominal pain, and poor oral intake. ...

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