Photobacterium damsela bacteremia in a child with sickle-cell disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 654-655

  Knight Madden, Jennifer M ^a,b   Barton, Michelle ^b   Gandretti, Nischal ^b   Nicholson, Alison M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Photobacterium damsela; Sickle

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DYSURIA; FEVER; FISH; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 22244453441     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168845.26758.e3     Document Type: Article

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