Identification and Containment of a Cluster of Two Bacillus cereus Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

We report a cluster of invasive Bacillus cereus infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. We describe the clinical course of two infected patients, one of whom died of severe pneumonia after successfully being weaned from ECMO. Environmental analyses failed to yield a common source. Molecular ch...

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Main Authors: Cihan Papan, Kai Förster, Reinhard Herterich, Andreas Schulze, Sören Schubert, Andreas W. Flemmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1506583