title: Multifocal Aeromonas Osteomyelitis in a Child with Leukemia.
abstract: Aeromonas hydrophila is a Gram negative organism causing both intestinal and extraintestinal disease. The case of a 14-year-old girl with underlying immunodeficiency and leukemia who developed systemic A. hydrophila infection is described in this report. While in deep bone marrow aplasia she developed fever, severe pain in the lower extremities, and swelling of the left femur. Blood culture showed Escherichia coli and A. hydrophila whereas pus culture from the soft tissue swelling showed the presence of A. hydrophila. Imaging studies showed diffuse osteolytic lesions. Patient received 5 months of intravenous and oral antibiotics and she improved clinically whereas the radiology findings persisted.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doganis
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baka
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsolia
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pourtsidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lebessi
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varvoutsi
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Despina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouhoutsou
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kosmidis