Pyomyositis and hepatic abscess in association with Aeromonas hydrophila sepsis

Abstract

This report describes a patient with chronic liver disease in whom Aeromonas hydrophila sepsis developed following ingestion of fresh lake water. A hepatic abscess and bilateral calf pyomyositis, an extremely rare and previously fatal complication of A. hydrophila septicemia, subsequently developed. The patient recovered following bilateral fasciotomies and systemic antibiotic therapy with gentamicin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. No previous survivors of A. hydrophila pyomyositis secondary to metastatic infection have been described. A discussion of these rare sequelae of A. hydrophila septicemia and their effective management is included.