A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users
Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous spore-forming organism that is infrequently implicated in extraintestinal infections. The authors report three cases of B cereus bacteremia among injection drug users presenting within one month to an urban tertiary care hospital. Treatment with intravenous vancomycin...
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| author | Michael A Benusic Natasha M Press Linda MN Hoang Marc G Romney |
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| description | Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous spore-forming organism that is infrequently implicated in extraintestinal infections. The authors report three cases of B cereus bacteremia among injection drug users presenting within one month to an urban tertiary care hospital. Treatment with intravenous vancomycin was successful in all three cases. While temporal association suggested an outbreak, molecular studies of patient isolates using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis did not suggest a common source. A review of the association of B cereus infections with heroin use and treatment of this pathogen is provided. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9bbcea082ddc4925b7f49cade0c039ce2025-08-20T03:36:54ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126210310410.1155/2015/482309A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug UsersMichael A Benusic0Natasha M Press1Linda MN Hoang2Marc G Romney3Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, CanadaBC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, Provincial Health Services Authority, CanadaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, CanadaBacillus cereus is a ubiquitous spore-forming organism that is infrequently implicated in extraintestinal infections. The authors report three cases of B cereus bacteremia among injection drug users presenting within one month to an urban tertiary care hospital. Treatment with intravenous vancomycin was successful in all three cases. While temporal association suggested an outbreak, molecular studies of patient isolates using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis did not suggest a common source. A review of the association of B cereus infections with heroin use and treatment of this pathogen is provided.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/482309 |
| spellingShingle | Michael A Benusic Natasha M Press Linda MN Hoang Marc G Romney A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users |
| title_full | A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users |
| title_fullStr | A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users |
| title_short | A Cluster of Bacillus cereus Bacteremia Cases among Injection Drug Users |
| title_sort | cluster of bacillus cereus bacteremia cases among injection drug users |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/482309 |
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