Neonatal Bacteremia and Cutaneous Lesions Caused by Photorhabdus luminescens: A Rare Gram-Negative Bioluminescent Bacterium.

Dutta, Ankhi; Flores, Anthony R; Revell, Paula A; Owens, Lisa

Dutta, Ankhi; Flores, Anthony R; Revell, Paula A; Owens, Lisa.

Affiliation

Dutta A; Section of Infectious Diseases, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Flores AR; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, UTHSC/McGovern Medical School, Houston.
Revell PA; Section of Microbiology and Virology, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Owens L; Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc ; 7(3): e182-e184, 2018 Aug 17.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30010886

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Photorhabdus luminescens is a rare bacterium that causes human disease. In this report, we describe the case of a neonate with Photorhabdus luminescens bacteremia, including clinical presentation and treatment; we also report a literature review of rare human diseases.

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Bacteremia/microbiology; Neonatal Sepsis/microbiology; Photorhabdus/isolation & purification; Skin Diseases, Bacterial/microbiology; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bacteremia/diagnosis; Bacteremia/drug therapy; Ceftazidime/therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Neonatal Sepsis/diagnosis; Neonatal Sepsis/drug therapy; Skin Diseases, Bacterial/diagnosis; Skin Diseases, Bacterial/drug therapy

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacteremia / Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Photorhabdus / Neonatal Sepsis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Newborn Language: En Journal: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc Year: 2018 Document type: Article

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