Vibrio harveyi sepsis in a child with cancer

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Apr;50(4):891-2. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21356.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Seawater / adverse effects*
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Swimming
  • Vibrio Infections / drug therapy
  • Vibrio Infections / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents