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

Schaefer, Gabrielle; Campbell, Wesley; Jenks, Jeffrey; Beesley, Cari; Katsivas, Theodoros; Hoffmaster, Alex; Mehta, Sanjay R.; Reed, Sharon

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

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Schaefer, Gabrielle ; Campbell, Wesley ; Jenks, Jeffrey ; Beesley, Cari ; Katsivas, Theodoros ; Hoffmaster, Alex ; Mehta, Sanjay R. ; Reed, Sharon
Description:

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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Adult Alleles Bacillus Cereus Bacteremia Dispatch Drug Users Female Genes, Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Male Middle Aged Multilocus Sequence Typing Substance Abuse, Intravenous Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 22(9):1621-1623.
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27533890
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PMC4994347
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Journal Article
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California
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North America
Volume:

22
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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