TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacillus cereus bacteremia in a preterm neonate
AU - Hilliard, Nicholaus J.
AU - Schelonka, Robert L.
AU - Waites, Ken B.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - Bacillus cereus is an uncommon but potentially serious bacterial pathogen causing infections of the bloodstream, lungs, and central nervous system of preterm neonates. A case of bacteremia caused by B. cereus in a 19-day-old preterm neonate who was successfully treated with vancomycin, tobramycin, meropenem, and clindamycin is described. Implications for the diagnostic laboratory and clinicians when Bacillus species are detected in normally sterile sites are discussed, and the small numbers of infant infections proven to be due to this organism that have been described previously are reviewed.
AB - Bacillus cereus is an uncommon but potentially serious bacterial pathogen causing infections of the bloodstream, lungs, and central nervous system of preterm neonates. A case of bacteremia caused by B. cereus in a 19-day-old preterm neonate who was successfully treated with vancomycin, tobramycin, meropenem, and clindamycin is described. Implications for the diagnostic laboratory and clinicians when Bacillus species are detected in normally sterile sites are discussed, and the small numbers of infant infections proven to be due to this organism that have been described previously are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3441-3444.2003
DO - 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3441-3444.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 12843116
AN - SCOPUS:0038156065
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 41
SP - 3441
EP - 3444
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 7
ER -