title: Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from an infected war wound in an immune competent patient.
abstract: We describe the case of a wounded soldier with a gluteus infection from which Leclercia adecarboxylata was cultured. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of this unusual pathogen being isolated from an abscess and the first report of L. adecarboxylata as the etiology of a war wound infection.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889-0001, USA.
authors.forename: Zapor
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Patrick T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: McGann
authors.forename: Omolara
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alao
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Emil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lesho
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Viscount
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*