Two cases of severe sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in neonatal infants
| Autor: | Magdalini Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Koumaki, Antonios Gounaris, Alexander W. Friedrich, Athanassios Tsakris, Georgia Vrioni, Maria Kimouli, Dimitra Petropoulou |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Male BACTEREMIA medicine.medical_treatment Bacillus Microbiology Vancomycin Intravenous catheter Sepsis medicine Humans Pathogen Severe sepsis Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Mechanical ventilation CEREUS biology IDENTIFICATION Bacillus pumilus CLINICAL-FEATURES fungi Infant Newborn General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents INFECTIONS Bacteremia 16s rrna gene sequencing Female medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medical microbiology, 61(4), 596-599 |
| ISSN: | 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/jmm.0.033175-0 |
| Popis: | Bacillus pumilus is an environmental contaminant that has been rarely associated with clinical infections. Here, two cases of severe sepsis caused by B. pumilus are described in two full-term neonates; one in a female infant with no factors predisposing her to infection and the other in a male infant requiring mechanical ventilation and an intravenous catheter. In both cases, the microorganism was recovered from repeated blood cultures and was identified using biochemical assays and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Both infants were successfully treated with vancomycin. This report reveals the potential role of B. pumilus as a bloodstream pathogen during infancy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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