Persistent Bacillus Cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 Aug 18

PMID 27533890

Citations 14

Authors

Gabrielle Schaefer

Wesley Campbell

Jeffrey Jenks

Cari Beesley

Theodoros Katsivas

Alex Hoffmaster

Sanjay R Mehta

Sharon Reed

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Abstract

Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caused by unrelated clones.

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