Pseudomonas vesicularis causing bacteremia in a child with sickle cell anemia.
Pseudomonas vesicularis is a gram-negative rod infrequently found in environmental sources or clinical specimens. We report a case of bacteremia 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.
Oberhelman
R A
RA
Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-2824.
Humbert
J R
JR
Santorelli
F W
FW
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology