Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA

Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caus...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, Gabrielle, Campbell, Wesley, Jenks, Jeffrey, Beesley, Cari, Katsivas, Theodoros, Hoffmaster, Alex, Mehta, Sanjay R., Reed, Sharon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533890
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.150647
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Sumario:Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caused by unrelated clones.

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