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Osteomyelitis due to Bacillus cereus in an adolescent: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1994 Jun;18(6):863-7

Date

06/01/1994

Pubmed ID

8086544

DOI

10.1093/clinids/18.6.863

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028279356 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   18 Citations

Abstract

Non-anthracis Bacillus species associated with clinical infections are usually dismissed as contaminants or nonpathogens. As opportunists, however, Bacillus organisms can cause significant systemic infections including bacteremia, endophthalmitis, and pneumonia. Osteomyelitis with non-anthracis Bacillus organisms has been described in adults, although to our knowledge it has been described only once in a child. We report a case of chronic osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus and superinfection with Bacillus cereus in a 13-year-old adolescent. A Bacillus isolate should be considered a true pathogen in children with chronic osteomyelitis who have a poor clinical response to antistaphylococcal therapy.

Author List

Schricker ME, Thompson GH, Schreiber JR

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Bacillaceae Infections
Bacillus cereus
Bone Transplantation
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Femur
Humans
Osteomyelitis
Radiography
Staphylococcal Infections
Superinfection
Vancomycin