Septicemia caused by Leifsonia aquatica in a healthy patient after retinal reattachment surgery.
Leifsonia aquatica is an aquatic bacterium that is typically found in environmental water habitats. Infections due to L. aquatica are rare and commonly catheter associated in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of an acute septicemia caused by L. aquatica in a healthy immunocompetent host after cryopexy in the absence of a catheter.
Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lei
L
Han
Jin-e
JE
Lei
Xue
X
Wang
Li-tao
LT
Guo
Qian-yan
QY
Kang
Li
L
He
Ji-ru
JR
Xu
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S