Budvicia aquatica sepsis in an immunocompromised patient following exposure to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, USA 2 Department of Clinical Pathology, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux, LA, USA Correspondence Rajkumar Nathaniel Rajkumar.nathaniel{at}nicholls.edu Received 22 December 2006 Accepted 27 March 2007 Budvicia aquatica has been found in surface water not associated with human faeces or sewage. The first known case is described of infection in an 85-year-old woman exposed to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, who tested positive for B. aquatica from both blood and urine samples.