title: Vibrio harveyi sepsis in a child with cancer.
abstract: A paediatric oncology patient presented with central line sepsis caused by Vibrio harveyi, a gram negative bioluminescent marine bacterium known to be pathogenic to fish and marine invertebrates, after swimming in the sea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Oncology, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK. drsimyuk@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemsworth
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Warwick
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pizer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D017728:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012623:Seawater / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D013550:Swimming; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents