Fatal Aeromonas hydrophila sepsis and meningitis in a child with sickle cell anemia
| Autor: | Mitra Kalelkar, Ruth Andrea Seeler, Joyce E. Royal, Rita Yadava |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Pathology Cirrhosis medicine.medical_treatment Anemia Sickle Cell Gastroenterology Sepsis Internal medicine medicine Humans Meningitis Chemotherapy biology business.industry Head injury Infant Bacterial Infections bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Sickle cell anemia Aeromonas hydrophila Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Aeromonas business |
| Zdroj: | American journal of diseases of children (1960). 133(7) |
| ISSN: | 0002-922X |
| Popis: | Aeromonas hydrophila , a distinctly unusual organism for humans, usually causes a localized infection after contamination of the wound with water or animal products. In rare instances, systemic disease does occur in man, and 35 cases of septicemia have been documented. 1-8 Most infections occurred in individuals undergoing chemotherapy for malignant neoplasms or in adults with cirrhosis. One adult with meningitis has been described, and he had a craniotomy after a head injury. 3 In the pediatric age group ( A hydrophila septicemia reported, and all had malignant neoplasms. 2.4.5.8. As in adults, the usual A hydrophila infections were related to localized wound sepsis and trauma, and have not been commonly associated with septicemia. A child with sickle cell anemia who had a fulminating A hydrophila septicemia and meningitis is the subject of this report. Report of a Case .—A 23-month-old black |
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