BACKGROUND
Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis, well known in immunocompromised patients, is rare in previously healthy children.
METHODS
A previously healthy 4 month-old boy was admitted with the suspicion of meningococcal septicemia. Three days prior to admission, he had developed high fever and two 4
BACKGROUND
Shanghai fever, a community-acquired enteric illness associated with sepsis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was first described in 1918. The understanding of Shanghai fever is incomplete.
OBJECTIVE
To delineate the clinical features and to examine the host and microbial factors