Bacillus subtilis variant natto Bacteremia of Gastrointestinal Origin, Japan.

Autor: Tanaka I, Kutsuna S, Ohkusu M, Kato T, Miyashita M, Moriya A, Ohkusu K
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2022 Aug; Vol. 28 (8), pp. 1718-1719.
DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.211567
Abstrakt: We report a case of bacteremia caused by Bacillus subtilis variant natto after a gastrointestinal perforation in a patient in Japan. Genotypic and phenotypic studies of biotin identified B. subtilis var. natto. This case and 3 others in Japan may have been caused by consuming natto (fermented soybeans).
Databáze: MEDLINE