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

Abstract

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. Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.