PSEUDOMONAS VESICULARIS CAUSING BACTEREMIA IN A CHILD WITH SICKLE-CELL-ANEMIA

Authors
OBERHELMAN RA HUMBERT JR SANTORELLI FW
Citation
Ra. Oberhelman et al., PSEUDOMONAS VESICULARIS CAUSING BACTEREMIA IN A CHILD WITH SICKLE-CELL-ANEMIA, Southern medical journal, 87(8), 1994, pp. 821-822
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
87
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
821 - 822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1994)87:8<821:PVCBIA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Pseudomonas vesicularis is a gram-negative rod infrequently found in e nvironmental sources or clinical specimens. We report a case of bacter emia due to Pseudomonas vesicularis in a child with sickle cell anemia , fever, and pneumonia. This is the first published report of invasive P vesicularis in a child.