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

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

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 caus...

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Main Authors: Gabrielle Schaefer, Wesley Campbell, Jeffrey Jenks, Cari Beesley, Theodoros Katsivas, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Sanjay R. Mehta, Sharon Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bacillus
Bacillus cereus
bacteremia
California
injection drug users
multilocus sequence typing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/15-0647_article

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