Bacillus cereus pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) rarely causes lower respiratory tract infections, although most reported cases of B. cereus pneumonia are fatal despite intensive antibiotic therapy. We present a case of B. cereus pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient. CASE PRESENTATION: An 81-year-old woma...

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Autores principales: Shimoyama, Yuichiro, Umegaki, Osamu, Ooi, Yukimasa, Agui, Tomoyuki, Kadono, Noriko, Minami, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-017-0096-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-017-0096-3

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