Budvicia aquatica sepsis in an immunocompromised patient following exposure to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Budvicia aquatica has been found in surface water not associated with human faeces or sewage. The first known case is described of infection in an 85-year-old woman exposed to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, who tested positive for B. aquatica from both blood and urine samples.
Corbin
Angela
A
Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Delatte
Charlotte
C
Department of Clinical Pathology, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Besson
Sharee
S
Department of Clinical Pathology, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Guidry
Anne
A
Department of Clinical Pathology, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Hoffmann
Andrew H
AH
Department of Clinical Pathology, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Monier
Paul
P
Department of Infectious Diseases, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
Nathaniel
Rajkumar
R
Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA.
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004190:Disasters; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin