A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Photobacterium

Species associated with infection - P. damselae (previously Listonella demsela and Vibrio damsela)

Associated with necrotising wound infection - associated with sea water exposure

Reorted susceptible to penicillins, tetracycline and chloramphenicol

Reference - Coffey, J.A., Harris, R.L., Bradshaw, M.W., Williams, T.W. (1986). Vibrio damsela: another potentially virulent marine vibrio. J. infect. Dis. 153, 800-802.

 

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