Bacillus cereus bacteremia in a patient with an abdominal stab wound
| Autor: | Noelia B. Acosta Pedemonte, Nicolás Sebastián Rocchetti, Eduardo R. Gregorini, Daniel Horacio Bagilet, Damián Lerman Tenenbaum, Claudio Jesús Settecase, Laura G.R. Colombo, Juan Villalba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Abdominal Injuries Wounds Stab Microbiology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Emergency surgery law medicine Humans Stab wound Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections 0303 health sciences biology 030306 microbiology business.industry fungi General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Intensive care unit Hepatic malignancy Cereus Female business |
| Zdroj: | Revista Argentina de microbiologia. 52(2) |
| ISSN: | 0325-7541 |
| Popis: | Bacillus cereus is a gram positive microorganism commonly involved in gastrointestinal infection but capable of causing severe infections and bacteremia. We describe here a case of bacteremia caused by B. cereus in a previously healthy young woman admitted to the intensive care unit following emergency surgery due to a penetrating abdominal stab wound and subsequent hepatic lesion. She developed fever during admission and cultures were taken. B. cereus was isolated in blood and hepatic fluid collection cultures. Treatment was adjusted according to the isolate, with good clinical results. It is important to highlight the pathogenic potential of this microorganism and not underestimate it as a contaminant when it is isolated from blood samples. |
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