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Photobacterium damsela bacteremia in a child with sickle-cell disease
Jennifer M Knight-Madden1, Michelle Barton, Nischal Gandretti
1Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. jennifer.knightmadden@uwimona.edu.jm
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|July 7, 2005
Abstract:
Photobacterium damsela was identified in a blood culture taken from a child with sickle-cell disease. This is the first report of this organism in humans in the Caribbean. The microbiology of this organism and its identification are discussed. The clinical presentation in humans and the role of the immune status of the patient are reviewed.

