Septicemia caused by Leifsonia aquatica in a healthy patient after retinal reattachment surgery.

J Clin Microbiol

Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Published: November 2013

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.

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