Leifsonia aquatica: Case report and literature review

Abstract

Non-diphtheria Corynebacterium species have been increasingly recognized as multidrug resistant pathogens that also infect immunocompromised patients. Automated and semi-automated phenotypic tests have been used by clinical laboratories for detection of these gram-positive rods. The present case report describes the rare pediatric case of L. aquatica isolated in central venous catheter blood cultures during chemotherapy treatment for Wilms tumor and adds to the knowledge on this infection with regard to pediatric cancer. The clinical aspects of this patient and opportunities for improving treatment were reviewed. Additionally, a review of the literature revealed no other case report involving cancer and a pediatric patient with documented L. aquatica bacteremia. Corynebacterial infections are considered uncommon, but in recent decades' reports on infection with bacterium are increasing in frequency, particularly in nosocomial immunocompromised patients.

Elucidation of the Reinforcing Spleen Effect of Jujube Fruits Based on Metabolomics and Intestinal Flora Analysis

“…Enterococcus is a potential pathogen ( Ponziani et al., 2018 ), and is associated with impaired intestinal permeability, which can induce a higher susceptibility to intestinal inflammation through the production of gelatinases that damage the epithelial barrier ( Li et al., 2019 ). Corynebacterium is a clinically important bacterium, which can be regarded as a nosocomial infection pathogen related to sepsis, endocarditis, surgical wound infection, especially often causes infections in patients with low immune function ( De Carvalho et al., 2021 ). Morganella was originally thought to be the cause of diarrheal disease, and it is now considered to be an important conditioned pathogen ( Singh et al., 2015 ).…”